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McTeague
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McTeague (1899) (edit title/settings)

by Frank Norris (Author) (edit contributors)

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Frank Norris' graphic portrayal of the seamy side of survival in turn-of-the-century urban America remains shocking and powerful today -and its conclusion just as harrowing.

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  • “These young girls disturbed and perplexed him. He did not like them, obstinately cherishing that intuitive suspicion of all things feminine—the perverse dislike of an overgrown boy.”

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IT was Sunday, and, according to his custom on that day, McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the car conductors coffee-joint on Polk Street.

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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)

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  1. Frank Norris (Author)

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  1. Jerome Loving
  2. Donald Pizer

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday & McClure
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1899
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 442

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