![]() The depiction of the late 1800s America is very appealing but the realistic thrust of the story is just too meandering overall. This is a very slow burn sinister story with the build-up of the relationship of McTeague and Trina taking far too long I found. The dynamic of both couples rotating around both a real or imagined fortune is clever - suffice is to say brutal murder is the outcome. The dynamic occurs when Trina wins a fortune and Marcus regrets his magnanimity and falls out with McTeague.Īn interesting angle with the construction of the story is another couple Maria (McTeague's housemaid) and Zerkow (a Jewish merchant) also get together but based on his belief that Maria has a hidden fortune in a gold dinner service. The basic storyline being that Marcus wants Trina but gives way to McTeague. This is the dark, nasty tale of McTeague, a slow witted dentist his girlfriend Trina and their mutual friend (Trina's cousin) Marcus. There was some controversy regarding the content at the time but to be honest compared to Zola the realistic incident (child wetting himself) most discussed in the press at the time is very mild in comparison. His writing style was inspired by Emile Zola (my favourite author). This is another early natural realism novel by American author Frank Norris in around 1899. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. It is also one of the first major works of literature to set in California, and it provided the story for Erich von Stroheim's classic of the silent screen, Greed. With its compelling portrayal of human nature at its most basic level, McTeague is a gripping and passionate tale of greed, degeneration and death. ![]() Norris is often considered to be the `American Zola', and this is one of the most purely naturalistic American novels of the nineteenth century. Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, it tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague, his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.McTeague (1899) chronicles the demise of a San Francisco couple at the end of the nineteenth century. ![]() It is also one of the first major works of literature to set in California, and it provided the story for Erich von Stroheim's classic of the silent screen, Greed.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. ![]() McTeague (1899) chronicles the demise of a San Francisco couple at the end of the nineteenth century. ![]() Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]()
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