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The Octopus by Frank Norris

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Author Biography

Name: Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr.
Birth Date: May 5, 1870
Death Date: October 25, 1902
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Place of Death: San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist, critic

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Biography of Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr.
1255 words, approx. 4.2 pages
The best work of Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (1870-1902), American novelist and critic, achieves a raw force that has won him an important place in the history of American fiction. Frank Norris was born in Chicago on Mar. 5, 1870, the son of a wealthy...
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Biography of Frank Norris
11856 words, approx. 39.5 pages
Frank Norris is a central figure in American literary history mainly because of three novels, McTeague (1899), The Octopus (1901), and The Pit (1903). But he is also important because of what he indicates to the cultural historian: his works mirror chang...
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Biography of (Benjamin) Frank(lin) Norris, (Jr.)
11209 words, approx. 37.4 pages
Frank Norris is a central figure in American literary history mainly because of three novels, McTeague (1899), The Octopus (1901), and The Pit (1903). But he is also important because of what he indicates to the cultural historian: his works mirror chang...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Octopus Information
934 words, approx. 3 pages
The Octopus Author Frank Norris Country United States Language English Series Epic of Wheat trilogy Genre(s) Novel Publisher Bernhard Tauchnitz Publication date 1901 Media type Print ( Hardback & Paperback ) ISBN NA OCLC 244815...


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NRA cartoon of NYC mayor raises concerns
4/18/2007: 400 words, approx. 1 pages
A National Rifle Association magazine cover depicting New York mayor and gun control campaigner Michael Bloomberg as an octopus is raising questions because the imagery has a history as an anti-Semitic symbol.The cover of this month's issue of the NRA publication America's 1st Freedom features...
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Wild ponies outdone by octopus in tank
3/5/2007: 699 words, approx. 2 pages
We took our boys to see the Chincoteague ponies a few years ago, but despite a photo on our refrigerator showing them standing 3 feet away from the critters, they claim to have no memories of the experience whatsoever. (If they tell me in a...
 


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The Octopus by Frank Norris

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