McTeague, Frank Norris
McTeague, Frank Norris
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McTeague

Author: Frank Norris

Narrator: Stacy Keach, Full Cast

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2007


Synopsis

Stacy Keach stars in this shocking tale of a Polk Street dentist and his wife in 1899 San Francisco. Frank Norris’ powerful insights into the depths of the human soul make this a story of compelling narrative force. This seminal novel about murder, obsession and the destructive effects of greed features an all-star cast including Stacy Keach, Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Hector Elizondo, Helen Hunt, Marsha Mason and many more.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Ed Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Ed Begley Jr., Georgia Brown, Jack Coleman, Bud Cort, Judy Ann Elder, Hector Elizondo, Fionnula Flanagan, Teri Garr, Katherine Helmond, Howard Hessman, Helen Hunt, Amy Irving, Carol Kane, Stacy Keach, Sara Kessler, Nan Martin, Richard Masur, Marsha Mason, Rue McLanahan, Marian Mercer, Judd Nelson, Holly Palance, Judge Reinhold, Franklin Seales, David Selby, Joe Spano, Madeleine Smith, JoBeth Williams, Michael York and Harris Yulen.

About Frank Norris

Frank Norris (1870–1902), American novelist, was born in Chicago. He first studied art but turned to journalism; while a reporter he was involved in the Jameson raid in South Africa. Influenced by Zola, he was one of the first American naturalist writers, his major novel being McTeague (1899).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on October 11, 2024

In the 1890's in San Francisco, (now finally at peace ) on busy Polk Street, with cable cars continuously moving up and down the thoroughfare , not the most fashionable lane though, McTeague an unlicensed dentist, too dumb to know he needs this practices his profession learned from a quack in a filt......more

Goodreads review by TK421 on February 18, 2013

Frank Norris was a master at painting emotions with words. The titular character is a man few would care to dine with, but Norris gets the reader to sympathize for him. You see, much like most writers circa late 19th to early 20th century, human nature was best explored through the environment of th......more

Goodreads review by MJ on December 12, 2022

It’s not merely that the protagonist of this novel is a lumbering halfwit who even the author seems to loathe (“stupid” is the preferred descriptor), or that the teenage wife he marries turns into a caricatured penny-pinching scrimper-on-speed who refuses to touch a cent of her five thousand fortune......more