The Octopus : A Story of California
by Frank Norris
- Language
- EN
- Format
- EPUB
- Size
- 536 KB
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"The Octopus: A Story of California" by Frank Norris is a novel published in 1901. It chronicles the brutal conflict between wheat farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley and a powerful railroad corporation seeking to seize their land. As ranchers band together to defend their livelihoods against monopolistic forces, loyalties fracture, violence erupts, and lives are destroyed. Through bribery, betrayal, and bloodshed, Norris depicts how impersonal economic powers crush individuals caught in their path, culminating in tragedy for both the innocent and the corrupt. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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