McTeague: A Story of San Francisco(1899), by Frank Norris (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530847501)

"I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth," declared Frank Norris, shortly before his death at the age of thirty-two. Of his novels, none have shocked the reading public more than McTeague, and few works since have captured the seamy side of American urban life with such graphic immediacy as does this portrayal of human degradation in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Its protagonists, men and women alike, are shown as both products and victims of a debasing social order. Heredity and environment play the role of fate in a tale that moves toward its harrowing conclusion with the grim power and inevitablity of classic tragedy 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.

Author: Frank Norris
ISBN-10: 1530847508
ISBN-13: 9781530847501
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2016
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.8
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
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