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MAP OF THE COUNTRY DESCRIBE© IN “ THE OCTOPUS.*
The Epic of the Wheat
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The octopus, a story of California
Frank Norris · 1914 · Scanned text
202,135 words · about 14 h 9 min to read
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About this book
- Author
- Frank Norris
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1914
- Length
- 202,135 words · about 14 h 9 min
- Sections
- 9 reader sections
- Text
- Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
- Rights
- Public domain · PD-US by publication date
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Contents (9)
- Front matter about 6 h 12 min
- Book II I about 50 min
- II about 1 h 34 min
- IV about 2 h 2 min
- VI about 44 min
- VII about 50 min
- VIII about 1 h 9 min
- IX about 43 min
- Conclusion about 7 min
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