A lesser-known American classic, McTeague explores the darker side of success and the pitfalls of marriage for a turn-of-the-century couple.McTeague is the story of a poor dentist scraping by in San Francisco at the end of the 19th...

McTeague (1899) 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,...

"One of the great works of the modern American imagination." - Alfred Kazin. A charlatan wins the lottery but his luck turns bad in this riveting tale of avarice, degeneration, and death, set in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At...

"The Octopus: A Story of California" von Frank Norris, 1901 veröffentlicht, ist ein bedeutender Roman, der die Konflikte zwischen kalifornischen Weizenfarmern und der mächtigen Eisenbahngesellschaft Southern Pacific Railroad im späten...