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Frank Norris

The Octopus : A Story of CaliforniaFrank Norris The Octopus : A Story of California BOOK 1 CHAPTER I Just after passing Caraher’s saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muertos, Presley was suddenly aware of the faint and p...

The Pit: A Story of ChicagoFrank Norris The Pit: A Story of Chicago Dedicated to My BrotherCharles Tolman NorrisIn memory of certain lamentable tales of the round (dining-room) table heroes; of the epic of the pewter platoons, and the romance-cycle of "Gaston Le Fox," which we invented, maintaine...

McTeague: A Story of San FranciscoFrank Norris McTeague: A Story of San Francisco CHAPTER 1 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...

BlixFrank Norris Blix Chapter I It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sund...

Moran of the Lady LettyFrank Norris Moran of the Lady Letty I. SHANGHAIED This is to be a story of a battle, at least one murder, and several sudden deaths. For that reason it begins with a pink tea and among the mingled odors of many delicate perfumes and the hale, frank smell of Caroline Testou...

A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old WestFrank Norris A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West A DEAL IN WHEAT I. THE BEAR—WHEAT AT SIXTY-TWO As Sam Lewiston backed the horse into the shafts of his backboard and began hitching the tugs to the whiffletree, his wife...

A Man's WomanFrank Norris A Man's Woman The following novel was completed March 22, 1899, and sent to the printer in October of the same year. After the plates had been made notice was received that a play called "A Man's Woman" had been written by Anne Crawford Flexner, and that this title had b...

Vandover and the BruteFrank Norris Vandover and the Brute Chapter One It was always a matter of wonder to Vandover that he was able to recall so little of his past life. With the exception of the most recent events he could remember nothing connectedly. What he at first imagined to be the story o...

The Surrender of SantiagoFrank Norris The Surrender of Santiago / An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General / Shafter, July 17, 1898 FOR two days we had been at the headquarters of the Second Brigade (General McKibben's), so blissfully contented because at last we had a real woo...