The Octopus: A Story of California: The Epic of Wheat v. 1 (Twentieth Century Classics)
by:
Frank Norris (author)
Kevin Starr (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B002JF1N3W
Publish date: August 1st 1994
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 434
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Economics,
19th Century
Series: The Epic of the Wheat (#1)
This book merits three stars based on historical interest alone. It's not Norris's best writing by a long shot, that honor belonging to "McTeague" (in this writer's never-humble opinion), and it's further evidence if any was needed that the loss to American letters that Norris's death at 32 was imme...
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