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The Octopus, novel by Frank Norris, published in 1901 and subtitled A Story of California. It was the first volume of The Epic of the Wheat, his unfinished trilogy about the production, distribution, and consumption of American wheat.
The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat. It describes the wheat industry in California, and the conflicts between wheat growers and a railway company.
Based on a true story of a violent conflict between the railroad and California wheat ranchers in the San Joaquin valley, The Octopus is a big, baggy amalgam of naturalism, regionalism, sentimental novel, political novel and historical dramatization.
Octopoida. Leach, 1817 [2] An octopus ( pl.: octopuses or octopodes [a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda ( / ɒkˈtɒpədə /, ok-TOP-ə-də [3] ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids.
A novel by Frank Norris about the conflict between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in the San Joaquin Valley. The novel explores themes of social and economic oppression, individualism, and anarchy in the American frontier.
Mar 11, 2018 · A classic novel of the American West, depicting the conflict between the railroad and the farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. Follow the adventures of Presley, a rancher's son, as he encounters the power and corruption of the octopus-like corporation.
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