| The Root of Evil | |
| Authors: | Thomas Dixon, Jr. |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Doubleday, Page & company[1] |
| Release Date: | 1911 |
| Pages: | 407 |
The Root of Evil is a 1911 novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
James Stuart, a Southerner, becomes a successful attorney in New York City.[2] Meanwhile, Nan Primrose, his childhood lover marries his college friend, John C. Calhoun Bivens, now a millionnaire lawyer.[2] 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.[2] Stuart eventually marries his daughter.[2] When Woodman steals some jewelry from Bivens, he goes through a trial but is acquitted by the judges thanks to his good deeds.[2]
Biographer Anthony Slide viewed the book as an 'attack on capitalism.'[2]
Slide called it 'a novel for today and for all ages.'[2] It has also been called 'a novel with a purpose'[3]