The Octopus (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Story of California

by Frank Norris, Eric Carl Link (Introduction)

Overview

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Like a predatory octopus, the railroad tracks of California squeezed the wheat fields and the farmers with its steel tentacles. A story of deep personal tragedies, The Octopus concerns political corruption and American enterprise. It explores the natural forces that shaped individual human lives, and is an acknowledged masterpiece of American literary naturalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411466265
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/13/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
Sales rank:	328,564
File size:	721 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr., was born on March 5, 1870, in Chicago. Around 1896, Norris joined the staff of the weekly literary and general interest magazine the San Francisco Wave and integrated himself into the local literary community. He wrote The Octopus as the opening volume in a trilogy about wheat.