num_pages: 336
description: 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 ofgreed, 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 .
language: English
title: McTeague: A Story Of San Francisco
titlecomplete: McTeague: A Story Of San Francisco
characters: Trina, McTeague
genres: Read For School, Literature, Novels, School, 19th Century, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 6277
places: San Francisco, California
publisher: Oxford University Press