The Octopus

Name: The Octopus
Author: Frank Norris

by Frank Norris

Epic novel depicting the struggle between farmers and railroad monopolies in California

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Frank Norris

Frank Norris was the most vigorous proponent of naturalism in American fiction, drawing on Zola's influence to portray social forces crushing individual characters. His unfinished trilogy of wheat explored capitalist exploitation on an epic scale.

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