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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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Mar 11, 2018 · A classic novel of naturalism by Frank Norris, depicting the life of a simple-minded dentist and his tragic fate. Read the full text of the book online or download it for free from Project Gutenberg.
Oct 24, 2013 · Norris’ second project is McTeague, a story not only of sex but of other drives, like greed. Fictionalizing the social Darwinist doctrine he absorbs at Berkeley, Norris wrote his novel of San...
Frank Norris (1870-1902) was a journalist and writer who wrote McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, The Octopus, and The Pit. He was influenced by Zola and Darwin, but also by racism and antisemitism.
Aug 1, 1994 · McTeague is the story of a poor dentist scraping by in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century, and his wife Trina, whose $5,000 lottery winning sets in motion a shocking chain of events. Few works have captured the seamy side of American urban life with such graphic intensity.
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A classic novel of naturalism that depicts the degradation of human life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. The protagonist, McTeague, is a dentist who becomes a gambling addict and loses everything, including his wife and his sanity.
