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American journalist and novelist (1870-1902)
Also known as: Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr, Justin Sturgis, Фрэнк Норрис, فرانك نوريس, 프랭크 노리스, フランク・ノリス
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Émile Zola1840–1902ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetFoundational naturalist fiction on heredity, degeneration and capitalist exploitation that directly shaped Norris's method (AI reason)
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Upton Sinclair1878–1968ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMuckraking novels exposing corporate monopolies and industrial exploitation, much like The Octopus (AI reason)
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- McTeague (2004)
- The octopus, a story of California (1914)
- The Pit (2000)
- Novels and essays (1986)
- Chilkoot Trail