McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (Twentieth Century Classics)

Author: Norris, Frank

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 496

Release Date: 01-08-1994

Part Number: 9780140187694

Details: Product Description
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.
Amazon.com Review
The novelist Frank Norris is almost forgotten today, but in books like "McTeague," published in 1899, he paved the way for a whole generation of American writers--a generation that included and and, less directly, and . McTeague is a dentist saddled with a grasping wife, and the book chronicles his rise and fall in awkward but powerful prose. This type of social realism, so contrary to the uplifting entertainment of the day (and to 's more fanciful, comic novels), provided turn-of-the-century America a disturbing mirror in which to view itself.
Review
“One of the great works of the modern American imagination.”—
Alfred Kazin
About the Author
Alfred Kazin (1915–1998) was one of the most distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century. His numerous books include the highly acclaimed
On Native Ground: An Interpretation of Modern American Prose Literature.

EAN: 9780140187694

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches

Languages: English