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Which of these is an example of muckraking disguised as a work of fiction?
A Century of Dishonor and Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell
The Octopus by Frank Norris
The Red Record by Ida B. Wells

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The Octopus by Frank Norris.

It’s a naturalist novel that dramatizes and exposes the corrupt power of the railroads (especially the Southern Pacific), functioning as muckraking in the form of fiction.