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  | | McTeague(Reprint)$$$$ A Story of San Francisco (Twentieth Century Classics) by Frank Norris, Kevin Starr Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1994 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-14-018769-4, ISBN: 0-14-018769-3 "McTeague created a literary sensation when it first appeared in 1899. Critics hailed Frank Norris as the "American Zola" for his gritty tale of greed and violence set in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Yet the novel's ultrarealistic portrayal of the rise and fall of a simpleminded dentist and his grasping wife shocked many readers with its candid depiction of sordid behavior right at the edge of insanity. It remains a searing indictm ..." |