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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, otherwise known as simply McTeague, is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty and violence as the result of jealousy and greed.
- Frank Norris
- 1899
McTeague, novel by Frank Norris, published in 1899. The work was considered to be the first great portrait in American literature of an acquisitive society. In McTeague, Norris sought to describe the influence of heredity and environment on human life.
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McTeague, a former miner, is a young dentist who lives in a small flat in San Francisco. One day his best friend Marcus Schouler brings his cousin Trina Sieppe—whom it is understood Marcus will marry one day—to McTeague’s office because she has broken a tooth.
Mar 11, 2018 · McTeague remembered his mother, too, who, with the help of the Chinaman, cooked for forty miners. She was an overworked drudge, fiery and energetic for all that, filled with the one idea of having her son rise in life and enter a profession.
McTeague is an American opera composed by William Bolcom with a libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman. The opera is based on a novel of the same name by Frank Norris (written in 1895, published in 1899) which also served as the source material for the Erich von Stroheim film Greed (1924).
RoleVoice Type [3]Premiere Cast, 31 October 1992 [4] ...McTeague, an unlicensed dentist in San ...Maria Miranda Macapa, McTeague's mentally ...Marcus Schouler, a worker in a veterinary ...Trina Sieppe, Marcus Schouler's cousin, ...Sep 5, 2023 · A naturalistic novel by Frank Norris about a dentist who tries to improve his life with a lottery win. The novel explores how nature and society control the characters' fate and lead them to death.
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McTeague is a 1899 novel that depicts the sexual and social struggles of a poor dentist and his wife in San Francisco. It is a landmark of American literature, influenced by Darwinism, Zola, and humor, and exploring the themes of instinct, environment, and fate.
