num_pages: 576
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Octopus
titlecomplete: The Octopus
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Politics, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 1853
places: San Joaquin Valley, California
series: The Epic of the Wheat
publisher: Barnes & Noble Books