- Taschenbuch: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: Signet Classics; Auflage: Reissue (5. August 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0451528913
- ISBN-13: 978-0451528919
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,4 x 1,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (23 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 113.012 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The novelist Frank Norris is almost forgotten today, but in books like "McTeague," published in 1899, he paved the way for a whole generation of American writers--a generation that included Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis and, less directly, Hemingway and Fitzgerald. McTeague is a dentist saddled with a grasping wife, and the book chronicles his rise and fall in awkward but powerful prose. This type of social realism, so contrary to the uplifting entertainment of the day (and to Mark Twain's more fanciful, comic novels), provided turn-of-the-century America a disturbing mirror in which to view itself.
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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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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. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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McTeague was truly an excellent novel. While the prose was awkward at times, the story seemed to move at a steady pace with little to no downtime. Norris forces his reader to empathize with his characters, especially in times of stupidity and greed. For example, when McTeague foolishly shoves a cue ball into his mouth and gets it stuck, Norris made it so real I almost broke a sweat. Similarly, there were many moments where I was ready to put my fist through Trina (and thank god someone did). All in all, McTeague was a highly enjoyable read and an interesting perspective into the dark side of people.
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McTeague is one of the greatest works of "classic American literature" I have ever read. Frank Norris was a genius at being able to size up the inhumanity of humanity & roll it all up in one great big nasty ball of literature that packs a punch that will knock you on your bum! McTeague is an uncaring brute who knows not the chaos that he creates. His wife is a gullible victim with a heart of gold. His best friend is ready to steal away his most prized posession. To top it all off is an ending for the ages that will leave one of the most stark, naked pictures presented in all of literature's annals. Many people will not enjoy McTeague because of the sheer brutality & the negative, crushing tone of the novel. For those of you who don't need rainbows & unicorns in a novel, I have a feeling you'll be absolutely thrilled by this American masterpiece.
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Norris' story moves toward its predictably tragic ending with a hypnotic momentum that make this work one of the true classics of American literary naturalism. Above all, Norris' novel is composed of unforgettable images--it isn't at all surprising that Erich von Stroheim chose to adapt "McTeague" as the film "Greed" in 1924.
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McTeague is literary naturalism in the purist form.
McTeague, the man, is the embodiment of the majority of human civilization. The simplicity and directness of the themes are so free-flowing they are hardly noticible: success,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Mai 2000 von Christian Engler
An Enduring Classic of Western Literature
I sort of stumbled upon this page as I was doing a search for a book on California history. I am the great-niece of Frank Norris (living in San Francisco, frequently driving past... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. März 2000 von Ms. Susan L. Fry
A Wonderful Dark Piece of Literature
This is definitely a wonderful intellectual horror novel. It never sells out and tries to become something mainstream. It is deliciously honest and a wonderful work of gothic art. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Februar 2000 von J. Autrey
McTeague is good literature!
I read this in High School thinking "this is going to be terrible", but I proved myself very wrong. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Januar 2000 von Seramuun
McTeague by Frank Norris
Although this book was published 100 years ago, it rivited my attention as no modern author has recently done. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Januar 2000 von Ms. Nancy F. Jones
Pitiless
This book is unrelentingly depressing and vital; impossible to put down the numbing narrative. The snobbery of Norris's privileged youth shows as he malaciously yet objectively... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Thinking about this book sends a chill down my spine!
I had to read this book for one of English classes in high school. I like most literature, but I have to say that I think Mcteague is a very, insignificantly strange, messed up... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Hearts of darkness
Bleak and horrible. One of the nastiest trips into the human soul ever submitted to print. Brilliant, but not for those who only like fairy tales with pleasant endings.
Veröffentlicht am 10. August 1999 von Robert Moore
Glad I stumbled across a great book and a wonderful writer
I was in the bookstore scanning the fiction section and looking for both a "classic" and something "different" when I came across this gem. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. August 1999 von Robert Ruggiero
Predictable and repetitive, but that's the point.
It is true that aspects of this story are continually repeated. The repitions are vital to Norris' powerful story of the lost "American Dream". Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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