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Norris's short story "A Deal in Wheat" (1903) and the novel The Pit were the basis for the 1909 D.W. Griffith film A Corner in Wheat. Norris's Moran of the Lady Letty was adapted by Monte M. Katterjohn in 1922. Directed by George Melford, the film starred Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton.
Frank Norris has 398 books on Goodreads with 30523 ratings. Frank Norris’s most popular book is McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (Signet Classics).
Frank Norris was an American novelist who was the first important naturalist writer in the United States. Norris studied painting in Paris for two years but then decided that literature was his vocation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Frank Norris (1870-1902) was a journalist, novelist, and leader in the Naturalist movement. He wrote about social and moral issues, such as greed, corruption, and injustice, in his novels, including The Octopus, The Pit, and McTeague.
Naturalistic novels of noted American writer Benjamin Franklin Norris, Junior, brother of Charles Gilman Norris and sister-in-law of Kathleen Thompson Norris, about American life include McTeague in 1899.
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- October 25, 1902
- March 5, 1870
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Originally published in 1901, this is a story of one of the west coast railroads and the ranchers of the San Joaquin valley. Frank Norris tells us that the railroad, beginning with concessions from the government, became so all-powerful that it squashed the livelihood of the ranchers.