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Frank Norris

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

March 05, 1870

Died

October 25, 1902

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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Naturalistic novels of noted American writer Benjamin Franklin Norris, Junior, brother of Charles Gilman Norris and sister-in-law of Kathleen Thompson Norris, about American life include McTeague in 1899.

This novelist during the Progressive era predominantly authored works that include The Octopus: A California Story (1901) and The Pit (1903). Although he not openly supported socialism as a political system, his work nevertheless evinces a socialist mentality and influenced socialist-progressive writers, such as Upton Beall Sinclair. Philosophical defense of Thomas Henry Huxley of the advent of Darwinism profoundly influenced him like many of his contemporaries. Norris studied under Joseph LeConte, who at the University of Cali ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 11,410 ratings · 1,311 reviews · 360 distinct works • Similar authors

	McTeague: A Story of San Francisco 3.68 avg rating — 6,820 ratings — published 1899 — 558 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris, Kevin Starr (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 2,054 ratings — published 1901 — 401 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pit: a Story of Chicago 3.75 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1903 — 744 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vandover and the Brute 3.60 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1914 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Deal in Wheat: And Other Stories of the New and Old West 3.32 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1903 — 246 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blix 3.50 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1899 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frank Norris: Novels & Essays by Frank Norris, Donald Pizer (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moran Of The Lady Letty 3.55 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1898 — 248 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man's Woman 3.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — 227 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Short Stories of Frank Norris 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Epic of the Wheat (2 books)
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago (2 books)
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Quotes by Frank Norris (?)

“I never truckled, I never took off the hat to fashion and held it out for pennies.”
― Frank Norris, Complete Works of Frank Norris V7: Responsibilities of the Novelist

tags: quote-not-in-mcteague, truckle, truth

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“Always blame conditions, not men”
― Frank Norris, The Octopus: A Story Of California [UNABRIDGED]

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“It belonged to the changeless order of things---the man desiring the woman only for what she withholds; the woman worshipping the man for that which she yields up to him. With each concession gained the man′s desire cools; with every surrender made the woman′s adoration increases...”
― Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco

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December 2022 Old School Classics Poll

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1816, 84 pp

70 votes, 37.0%

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato, -400, 58 pp

48 votes, 25.4%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, 1220, 224 pp

21 votes, 11.1%

The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1864, 464 pp

20 votes, 10.6%

Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, 1884, 242 pp

11 votes, 5.8%

McTeague by Frank Norris, 1899, 368 pp

10 votes, 5.3%

Michael Kohlhaas: Newly translated by Michael Hofmann by Heinrich von Kleist, 1810, 112 pp

9 votes, 4.8%

189 total votes

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