McTeague, a story of San Francisco (1899. 2020)

McTeague is the story of a poor dentist scraping by in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century, and his wife Trina, whose $5,000 lottery winning sets in motion a shocking chain of events. Few works have captured the seamy side of American urban life with such graphic intensity.This novel was the basis for the silent movie psychological drama created in 1924 by movie director Erich von Stroheim titled „Greed“ (German: „Gier“), rated as a 5-star classic; - see Wikipedia! (tags: cinema)

mcteague Is A Riveting Tale Of Murder And Greed Set In The Squalid, Urban World Of Turn-of-the-century San Francisco. More Significantly, The Novel Is The Premiere Document Of American Literary Naturalism And Provides A Vital Glimpse Into The Turbulent American Society Of The Period. Through His Focus On The Transformation Of The Slow-witted Dentist Mcteague Into An Animalistic, Hunted Murderer, Frank Norris Creates A Story In Which Desperate Characters On The Fringe Of Society Are Corrupted And Destroyed By Their Uncontrollable Desires.

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. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna's saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer.