{"product_id":"mcteague-a-story-of-san-francisco","title":"McTeague: A Story of San Francisco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if a lottery win brings not freedom, but a hunger that nothing can satisfy?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcTeague wants little beyond his dental practice on Polk Street, his beer, and his concertina. Then his friend Marcus Schouler brings Trina Sieppe to his chair. Courtship and marriage promise a new kind of comfort. But when Trina wins a small fortune, money begins to change what these people want from one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, Frank Norris sets affection against jealousy, appetite, and the fierce wish to possess. Trina clings to her winnings while Marcus nurses his resentment. Around them, a crowded neighborhood of shops and dental parlors gives their struggle a concrete setting. What happens to an ordinary life when chance offers more than it can bear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA dentist's fragile comfort\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a quiet, powerful man whose steady habits leave little room for change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe weight of gold\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Trina's careful thrift turn into a consuming attachment to the coins she keeps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFriendship under strain\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Marcus as jealousy makes another person's good fortune feel like his own loss.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA crowded city neighborhood\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Polk Street's small shops and rooms, where private desires press against everyday life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForces beyond good intentions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how Norris brings greed, heredity, class, and chance to bear on human choices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love American realism, stories of money and ruin, and novels rooted in a particular city and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and step into McTeague's comfortable world before fortune begins to unsettle it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289331241308,"sku":"LOA-C913-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58289331274076,"sku":"LOA-C913-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289331306844,"sku":"LOA-C913-PB","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289331339612,"sku":"LOA-C913-HC","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00913-en_9f2d3a2c-0ea6-4974-bb6a-be3fe7ebfccf.jpg?v=1792697456","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/mcteague-a-story-of-san-francisco","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}