| McTeague: A Story of San Francisco(1899), by Frank Norris Contributor(s): Norris, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530847508 ISBN-13: 9781530847501 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.91 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8" W x 10" (0.87 lbs) 194 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76245 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |