Overview

Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, this novel tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. Norris is often considered to be the "American Zola," and this passionate tale of greed, degeneration, and death is one of the most purely naturalistic American novels of the nineteenth century. It is also one of the first major works of literature set in California, and it provided the story for Erich von Stroheim's classic of the silent screen, Greed.

ISBN-13

9780192823564

ISBN-10

0192823566

Weight

0.40 Pounds

Dimensions

4.75 x 0.75 x 7.75 In

List Price

$9.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

372 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

1996-01-11



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