The Octopus : A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris .
The Octopus : A Story of California was meant to be the first part of an uncompleted trilogy , The Epic of the Wheat .
The Octopus : A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was meant to be the first part of an uncompleted trilogy , The Epic of the Wheat .