Today is the birthday of the great American progressive novelist Frank Norris (1870-1902). Influenced by Zola, Darwin and Spencer, he was an almost exact contemporary of Theodore Dreiser, whose work  his resembles, to my eyes. Today his work is much better known for the cinematic adaptations of his writings though. McTeague (1899) was turned into Erich Von [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:46AM on March 5, 2013