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A 1923 novel based on the life of Jesse Lauriston Livermore, the Great Bear of Wall Street, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a business classic by Edwin Lefevre. Summary of the Book Edwin Lefevre's classic on Finance and life in Wall Street is a thinly veiled biography of eminent Wall Street stock trader, Jesse Lauriston Livermore. Throughout the events in the book, Livermore progresses from day trading to market speculation, making and eventually manipulator. The book shows how Livermore made and lost several fortunes in Wall Street, teaching readers the lessons he learnt along the way. About Edwin Leferve Edwin Lefreve was an American writer, journalist and statesman. He also wrote: Wall Street Stories, Golden Flood, Sampson Rock of Wall Street, H.R. and Plunderers.