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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, otherwise known as simply McTeague, is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty and violence as the result of jealousy and greed.
Henrietta Christian Wright (1852–1899) was an American children's author who resided in the Old Bridge section of East Brunswick, New Jersey. [1] She was born there on February 18, 1852, died there on December 13, 1899, and buried in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
[24] On July 9, Clara announced that she was donating her father's library of nearly 2,500 books to the Mark Twain Free Library. [25] On August 19, 1910, Clara's only child Nina was born at Stormfield. [26] Nina Gabrilowitsch (1910–1966) was Twain's last descendant, and she died January 16, 1966, in a Los Angeles hotel.
1899 California elections (2 P) L. 1899 in Los Angeles (1 P) S. 1899 in sports in California (6 P) Pages in category "1899 in California" The following 2 pages are in ...
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Following the release and subsequent success of Norris' 1899 McTeague, he began searching for an idea for his next project.Within a few weeks he had formulated his idea for a trilogy of novels on the topic of wheat, his 'Epic of the Wheat', from its growth in California (which would be the basis of The Octopus), to its distribution in Chicago (The Pit, published posthumously in 1903), to its ...
Father Goose: His Book is a collection of nonsense poetry for children, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, and first published in 1899.Though generally neglected a century later, the book was a groundbreaking sensation in its own era; "once America's best-selling children's book and L. Frank Baum's first success," [1] Father Goose laid a foundation for the writing ...
Vera Louise Caspary (November 13, 1899 – June 13, 1987) was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. Her best-known novel, Laura, was made into a successful movie of the same title. Though generally classified as a mystery novelist, Caspary felt uncomfortable with classifying herself in the genre. Yet her novels ...