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McTeague: Penguin Publishing Group

Autor Frank Norris
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 dec 2011
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780451531971
ISBN-10: 0451531973
Pagini: 386
Dimensiuni: 106 x 174 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Penguin Publishing Group
Seria Penguin Publishing Group


Descriere

"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. This edition features a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

Notă biografică

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American novelist, journalist, and social reformer whose writings exposed corruption, inequality, and abuses of power. He wrote more than ninety books across many genres, but he is best remembered for The Jungle, the groundbreaking novel that brought national attention to the conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry.A lifelong advocate for social change, Sinclair used his writing as a tool for investigating and challenging injustice. His works on labor, politics, and corporate influence made him one of the most prominent American muckrakers of the Progressive Era, and his influence on journalism and reform movements remains significant.