McTeague

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McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.

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instanceOf naturalist novel
novel
adaptationDirector Erich von Stroheim
adaptationType film
opera
author Frank Norris
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts social and economic pressures on individuals
working-class life in San Francisco
firstPublicationYear 1899
form prose
genre naturalism
psychological fiction
tragedy
hasAdaptation Greed
McTeague (opera)
hasTitleCharacter McTeague self-link
influenced Greed
surface form: Greed (1924 film)
literaryMovement Naturalism
surface form: American naturalism
literaryPeriod late 19th-century American literature
mainCharacter McTeague self-link
narrativeForm novel-length narrative
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Marcus Schouler
Trina Sieppe
originalLanguage English
placeInLiterature classic of American naturalism
primaryConflict destructive effects of greed on individuals and relationships
protagonistOccupation dentist
publisher Doubleday & McClure Company
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation San Francisco
style detailed realism
grim, unsentimental depiction of life
subjectMatter moral and psychological deterioration of a dentist
theme brutality
determinism
greed
marriage
moral decline
poverty
psychological decline
violence

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McTeague mainCharacter McTeague self-link
McTeague hasTitleCharacter McTeague self-link
Naturalism hasKeyWork McTeague
subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)