Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions. Includes biographical notes, introduction, and afterward.
year: 2002, 1996, 2003, 1981, 1994, 2011, 1964
call number/section: 1000
subjects: married people, fiction, murderers, dentists, greed, san francisco (calif.), fiction, san francisco, western stories, homicide
Editions
Norris, Frank
Modern Library (2002)
McTeague, a quack dentist in late nineteenth-century San Francisco, remains friends with Marcus even after stealing Marcus's girlfriend, but things sour between them when Trina wins the lottery and refuses to share with anyone.
Schools: 0
Norris, Frank
Modern Library (1996)
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, McTeague opens a quack dental parlor, but his wife's former suitor is jealous and exposes his malpractice.
Schools: 1
Norris, Frank
Signet Classic (2003)
Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions.
Schools: 1
Norris, Frank
New American Library (1981)
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, McTeague opens a quack dental parlor. His wife's former suitor is jealous and exposes his malpractice. After his wife's murder, McTeague escapes to the desert.
Schools: 1
Norris, Frank
Penguin Books (1994)
Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions.
Schools: 1
Norris, Frank
Signet Classics (2011)
Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions. Includes biographical notes, introduction, and afterward.
Schools: 0
Norris, Frank
New American Library (1964)
Schools: 0
Norris, Frank
Schools: 0