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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco

3.7/5 ( ratings)

An early example of American realism, McTeague was considered truly shocking when first published at the turn of the century. This searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-witted dentist and his avaricious wife embodies Frank Norris's powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning. It is a novel of compelling narrative force, resounding with a sense of life as epic. As Kevin Starr points out in his introduction, McTeague continues to be regarded as a central statement of evolutionary awareness in late nineteenth-century America and as representative of the best work of a school of writers that included Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser.

Language: English

Pages: 442

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: August 01, 1994

ISBN: 0140187693

ISBN 13: 9780140187694

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco

3.7/5 ( ratings)

An early example of American realism, McTeague was considered truly shocking when first published at the turn of the century. This searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-witted dentist and his avaricious wife embodies Frank Norris's powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning. It is a novel of compelling narrative force, resounding with a sense of life as epic. As Kevin Starr points out in his introduction, McTeague continues to be regarded as a central statement of evolutionary awareness in late nineteenth-century America and as representative of the best work of a school of writers that included Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser.

Language: English

Pages: 442

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: August 01, 1994

ISBN: 0140187693

ISBN 13: 9780140187694

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