Frank Norris
Frank Norris was the most vigorous proponent of naturalism in American fiction, drawing on Zola's influence to portray social forces crushing individual characters. His unfinished trilogy of wheat explored capitalist exploitation on an epic scale.
Works
- McTeagueNaturalist novel about a dentist's moral and social decline in San Francisco
- The OctopusEpic novel depicting the struggle between farmers and railroad monopolies in California
- The PitNovel exploring speculation and manipulation in the wheat trading market
- Vandover and the BruteNovel of a man's degeneration into brutishness and loss of human civilization
- BlixNovel of romance and bohemian life in San Francisco among artistic young people