The Olympian (novel)
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The Olympian: A Story of the City is a novel
by the American
writer James Oppenheim
(1882–1932) set in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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It tells the Horatio Alger story of Kirby Trask, who rises from the working-class to become a steel magnate.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by the American
United States
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writer James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim , was an American poet, novelist, and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of C. G. Jung, Oppenheim was also the founder and editor of The Seven Arts, an important early 20th-century literary magazine....
(1882–1932) set in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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It tells the Horatio Alger story of Kirby Trask, who rises from the working-class to become a steel magnate.