The worship of the golden calf: A story of wage-slavery in Massachusetts

"The Worship of the Golden Calf: A Story of Wage-Slavery in Massachusetts" by Charles Sheldon French, is fiction set in early 20th-century New England, where a farm laborer named John Wycliff battles the systemic abuse of workers. Facing wage cuts from his manipulative employer, Jacob Sharp, Wycliff struggles to care for his sick child, highlighting the exploitation and moral decay prevalent in society. The story portrays Wycliff's fight against unjust social systems and the deceit of the wealthy elite in their pursuit of maintaining a life of dignity.