by Frank Norris · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780393970135
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Mcteague: A Story of San Francisco is a novel by Frank Norris that offers a raw and realistic look at life in San Francisco in the late 19th century. The story focuses on McTeague, an untrained dentist, and his wife Trina, exploring themes of greed, decay, and the struggle for survival in an unforgiving urban environment. This edition includes additional contexts about the novel's sources, its composition, and its relationship to naturalism, as well as critical essays and visual material from Erich von Stroheim's film adaptation.
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901) and The Pit (1903).
