Project Gutenberg 2020-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 152 Jackson, Frederick 05001607 A Week in Wall Street By One Who Knows Produced by Quentin Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Week in Wall Street" by Frederick Jackson is a satirical account written in the early 19th century. The work delves into the intricacies and moral dilemmas of the financial world, particularly focusing on the practice of stock trading and the behaviors of brokers and investors in Wall Street. Through its various characters and events, the book seeks to highlight the speculative nature of financial enterprises and the often dubious ethics involved. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces the historical context of Wall Street, detailing its transformation from a defensive city wall to a bustling financial hub. The main character, Mr. Jacob Broker, sets up an office in this area, symbolizing the rise of brokers and joint-stock companies. The opening chapters outline how brokers manipulate stock prices for profit while being indifferent to the financial ruin they may cause among their clients. The author uses humor and irony to comment on the moral failures of individuals involved in these transactions, setting the tone for a critical exploration of the banking and financial systems of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) HG Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 230382 2025-06-24T13:26:57.115685 text/html 207255 2024-10-18T03:12:31 text/html 233650 2025-06-24T13:27:00.763596 application/epub+zip 232974 2025-06-24T13:26:57.912554 application/epub+zip 159036 2025-06-24T13:26:57.458617 application/epub+zip 297829 2025-06-24T13:27:03.120619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286741 2025-06-24T13:27:00.429552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213140 2022-09-28T01:04:35.609005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213100 2025-06-24T13:26:56.825553 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193183 2024-10-18T03:12:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15707 2025-06-24T13:27:03.248547 application/rdf+xml 12885 2025-06-24T13:26:57.531541 image/jpeg 2196 2025-06-24T13:26:57.495571 image/jpeg 223019 2025-06-24T13:26:57.137529 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog