The Octopus

The Octopus


The Octopus: A Story of California, chronicles the farmers under the grips of the powerful railroad monopoly. It was the first of Norris' incomplete trilogy, Epic of Wheat. [The Curse of California, published in The Wasp, August, 1882.]


Table of Contents

Book I - Chapter I

Book I - Chapter II

Book I - Chapter III

Book I - Chapter IV

Book I - Chapter V

Book I - Chapter VI

Book II - Chapter I

Book II - Chapter II

Book II - Chapter III

Book II - Chapter IV

Book II - Chapter V

Book II - Chapter VI

Book II - Chapter VII

Book II - Chapter VIII

Book II - Chapter IX

Conclusion

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