The Root of Evil is a 1911 novel by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Plot summary James Stuart, a Southerner, becomes a successful attorney in New York City.Anthony Slide, American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon, Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2004, pp. 127-129 Meanwhile, Nan Primrose, his childhood lover marries his college friend, John C. Calhoun Bivens, now a millionnaire lawyer. At the same time, Dr Henry Woodman takes care of the poor in New York, and opposes the takeover of a drug company by Bivens. Stuart eventually marries his daughter. When Woodman steals some jewelry from Bivens, he goes through a trial but is acquitted by the judges thanks to his good deeds.
Main theme Biographer Anthony Slide viewed the book as an 'attack on capitalism.'
Critical reception Slide called it 'a novel for today and for all ages.' It has also been called 'a novel with a purpose'The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, Excelsior Publishing House, 1911, Volume 34, p. 138
References
External links The Novel at Project Gutenberg