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The Third Circle
The Third Circle is a collection of short stories by Frank Norris with an introduction by William Henry Irwin. It was published posthumously in 1909. Summary The collection contains 16 short stories. In then, Norris depicts life in the San Francisco, California before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 earthquake, especially the "terrible conditions" in Chinatown, San Francisco, Chinatown. Critical reception ''The Spectator'' called it "a series of remarkable sketches and short stories... they are especially interesting as showing the growth of his talent, but they are well worth reading for their intrinsic merit." ''The Sewanee Review'' noted "There are sixteen sketches in all and each is entitled to the place given it upon its particular merits rather than, as was the evident intention of the editor, of exhibiting therein the growth and development of the author's imagination and technique." References External linksThe Third Circle at the Internet Archive 1909 sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Norris
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include '' McTeague: A Story of San Francisco'' (1899), '' The Octopus: A Story of California'' (1901) and '' The Pit'' (1903). Life Norris was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1870. His father, Benjamin, was a self-made Chicago businessman and his mother, Gertrude Glorvina Doggett, had a stage career. In 1884 the family moved to San Francisco where Benjamin went into real estate. In 1887, after the death of his brother and a brief stay in London, young Norris went to Académie Julian in Paris where he studied painting for two years and was exposed to the naturalist novels of Émile Zola. Between 1890 and 1894 he attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he became acquainted with the ideas of human evolution of Darwin and Spencer that are reflected in his later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
