Norris, Frank,  1870-1902 <br/><br/>
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McTeague  Release date is 2006-03-12 
<br/><br/>Produced by Pauline J. Iacono and David Widger  Produced by Pauline J. Iacono and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" by Frank Norris is a novel published in 1899. It follows a San Francisco dentist and his wife as their marriage disintegrates into violence and tragedy, driven by jealousy, greed, and obsession with money. When McTeague loses his dental practice through betrayal, the couple descends into poverty while his wife's miserly hoarding intensifies. Their story builds toward a devastating climax in the desolate wasteland of Death Valley, where past grievances and stolen gold lead to a final, haunting confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Didactic fiction Psychological fiction Married people -- Fiction Murderers -- Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction Avarice -- Fiction Dentists -- Fiction 
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