The artist Sheldon Corthell attempts to seduce Laura Dearborn when her husband misses her birthday dinner, but eventually that husband, Curtis Jadwin, returns home from the Board of Trade penniless and mentally ill.
The main character of this novel attends the opera with her sister Page, and becomes bored upon hearing discussion of the "Helmick failure" among her companions, which include a suitor, Landry Court, and Mr and Mrs. Cressel. When Gretry informs the male protagonist of this novel about a possible French tax on imports, he flips a coin and chooses the more risky path, which eventually leads to his ruin. The artist Sheldon Corthell attempts to seduce Laura Dearborn when her husband misses her birthday dinner, but eventually that husband, Curtis Jadwin, returns home from the Board of Trade penniless and mentally ill. This novel's sequel, Wolf, was never completed, so it was the last part of the Wheat trilogy, following The Octopus. For 10 points, identify this novel concerning wheat trading in Chicago, a novel by Frank Norris.
The main character of this novel attends the opera with her sister Page, and becomes bored upon hearing discussion of the "Helmick failure" among her companions, which include a suitor, Landry Court, and Mr and Mrs. Cressel.
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