ISBN: 1230000451673

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times.? An epic story set in the wheat fields of… More...

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times.? An epic story set in the wheat fields of California?s San Joaquin Valley; he would call it The Octopus. He envisioned a devastating depiction of the stranglehold of railroad companies on western farmers, and a fit image for the railroad tracks that were criss-crossing California, squeezing the wheat fields, (and the wheat farmers) within its steel ten..., The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times.? An epic story set in the wheat fields of California?s San Joaquin Valley; he would call it The Octopus. He envisioned a devastating depiction of the stranglehold of railroad companies on western farmers, and a fit image for the railroad tracks that were criss-crossing California, squeezing the wheat fields, (and the wheat farmers) within its steel tentacles, and threatening their economic survival. A group of wheat farmers agree to work a railway company's land in exchange for assurances that after a ten-year period they will be able to purchase the land at a reasonable price. When it comes time for the purchase of the land, the railway company decides to go back on its promise and brings all of their power to bear against the farmers in a deceitful and bloody confrontation. (The story was inspired by Southern Pacific Railroad's action in the Mussel Slough Tragedy.) The Octopus resonates with power, and as a literary achievement it stands as one of Frank Norris' greatest works and one of the acknowledged masterpieces of American literary naturalism. FRANK NORRIS (1870-1902) was an American novelist and journalist and a leader of the Naturalism movement. He believed that a novel should serve a moral purpose. "The novel with a purpose," he explained, "brings the tragedies and griefs of others to notice" and "prove(s) that injustice, crime, and inequality do exist." Norris's affinity for exposing the "whole truth, and nothing but," found a broader scope than this. To the best kind of modern literature, "belongs the wide world for range, and the unplumbed depths of the human heart, and the mystery of sex, and the problems of life, and the black, unsearched penetralia of the soul of man." Norris died of peritonitis following acute appendicitis. He was thirty-two years old. Taal: Engels; Formaat: ePub met kopieerbeveiliging (DRM) van Adobe; Kopieerrechten: Het kopiëren van (delen van) de pagina's is niet toegestaan ; Geschikt voor: Alle e-readers geschikt voor ebooks in ePub formaat. Tablet of smartphone voorzien van een app zoals de bol.com Kobo app.; ISBN13: 1230000451673; , Engelstalig | Ebook, Literatuur & Romans, Literaire romans, Editions Artisan Devereaux Llc<

2015, ISBN: 1230000451673

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between whea… More...

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details. Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details. Inhoud: Taal: Engels; Bindwijze: E-book; Verschijningsdatum: mei 2015; Ebook formaat: Adobe ePub; Illustraties: Nee; Betrokkenen: Auteur(s): Frank Norris | Frank Norris; Redacteur: Kevin Starr; Co-redacteur: The Perfect Library; Uitgever: Editions Artisan Devereaux Llc; Vertaling: Vertaald door: Kevin Starr; Lees mogelijkheden: Lees dit ebook op: Android (smartphone en tablet) | Kobo e-reader | Desktop (Mac en Windows) | iOS (smartphone en tablet) | Windows (smartphone en tablet) | Overige e-reader; Ebook formaat: Adobe ePub; EAN: Overige kenmerken: Studieboek: Nee; Engels | E-book | 1230000451673, Boeken, Literatuur & Romans, Historische romans, Editions Artisan Devereaux Llc<

2015, ISBN: 1230000451673

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between whea… More...

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details. Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details. Inhoud: Taal: Engels; Bindwijze: E-book; Verschijningsdatum: mei 2015; Ebook formaat: Adobe ePub; Illustraties: Nee; Betrokkenen: Auteur: Frank Norris | Frank Norris; Co-auteur: Frank Norris; Redacteur: Kevin Starr; Co-redacteur: The Perfect Library; Uitgever: Editions Artisan Devereaux Llc; Vertaling: Vertaald door: Kevin Starr; Lees mogelijkheden: Lees dit ebook op: Android (smartphone en tablet) | Kobo e-reader | Desktop (Mac en Windows) | iOS (smartphone en tablet) | Windows (smartphone en tablet) | Overige e-reader; EAN:, Engels | E-book | 1230000451673, Boeken, Literatuur & Romans, Klassiekers, Literaire romans, Editions Artisan Devereaux Llc<

2005, ISBN: 1230000451673

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times." An epic story set in the wheat fields of… More...

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ISBN: 1230000451673

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times." An epic story set in the wheat fields of… More...

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times." An epic story set in the wheat fields of California's San Joaquin Valley; he w The Octopus is a story of corporate greed, power, and abuse. In 1899, Frank Norris had an idea for a novel so "big that it frightens me at times." An epic story set in the wheat fields of California's San Joaquin Valley; he w, Editions Artisan Devereaux LLC<