McTeague A Story of San Francisco
by Norris, Frank; Starr, KevinEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-08-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, this novel tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. Norris is often considered to be the "American Zola," and this passionate tale of greed, degeneration, and death is one of the most purely naturalistic American novels of the nineteenth century. It is also one of the first major works of literature set in California, and it provided the story for Erich von Stroheim's classic of the silent screen, Greed.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. v |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Note on the Text | p. xxix |
| Select Bibliography | p. xxx |
| A Chronology of Frank Norris | p. xxxii |
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| Explanatory Notes | p. 337 |
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