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- catalog abstract "From Publishers Weekly: Those who know Norris (1870-1902) through his muckraking novels, The Pit and The Octopus, will be interested in these 14 stories culled by the editors from among more than 60 tales that he published in his brief life. They include strong evidence of Norris's naturalism and his sense of the primal, the healthy, the rural, as opposed to the corrupt, the urban, the effete. In "His Sister," Norris describes a magazine writer "knowing he'd be more apt to find undisguised human nature along the poorer unconventional thoroughfares." In the autobiographical "Dying Fires," he writes of an author: "he lived in the midst of-a life of passions that were often elemental in their simplicity and directness." The gold in "Judy's Service of Gold Plate" foreshadows the use of that element as a symbol for greed in McTeague. In such stories, one anticipates Norris's influence on John Steinbeck. Even in the more journalistic tales, precursors of Jim Thompson-esque noir, Norris's favored themes, particularly of injustice and class consciousness, persist. Three of the stories have never been collected in book form before, including the experimental "Man Proposes," written in five parts for a literary weekly. These somewhat mannered short pieces describe five couples who decide to get married: the ways they come to and act on their decisions reflect their varying social strata and cultural sensibilities.".
- catalog alternative "Short stories. Selections".
- catalog contributor b10980112.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "From Publishers Weekly: Those who know Norris (1870-1902) through his muckraking novels, The Pit and The Octopus, will be interested in these 14 stories culled by the editors from among more than 60 tales that he published in his brief life. They include strong evidence of Norris's naturalism and his sense of the primal, the healthy, the rural, as opposed to the corrupt, the urban, the effete. In "His Sister," Norris describes a magazine writer "knowing he'd be more apt to find undisguised human nature along the poorer unconventional thoroughfares." In the autobiographical "Dying Fires," he writes of an author: "he lived in the midst of-a life of passions that were often elemental in their simplicity and directness." The gold in "Judy's Service of Gold Plate" foreshadows the use of that element as a symbol for greed in McTeague. In such stories, one anticipates Norris's influence on John Steinbeck. Even in the more journalistic tales, precursors of Jim Thompson-esque noir, Norris's favored themes, particularly of injustice and class consciousness, persist. Three of the stories have never been collected in book form before, including the experimental "Man Proposes," written in five parts for a literary weekly. These somewhat mannered short pieces describe five couples who decide to get married: the ways they come to and act on their decisions reflect their varying social strata and cultural sensibilities.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references: (p. 179-180).".
- catalog description "The jongleur of Taillebois -- A defense of the flag -- His sister -- Man proposes No. I, No. II, No. III, No. IV, No. V -- Judy's service of gold plate -- Shorty Stack, pugilist -- The third circle -- Buldy Jones, chef de claque -- A deal in wheat -- The dual personality of slick Dick Nickerson -- Dying fires -- The guest of honor -- A memorandum of sudden death -- The passing of Cockeye Blacklock.".
- catalog extent "180 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0965530914 :".
- catalog identifier "780965530910".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Ironweed Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.4 21".
- catalog subject "PS2471 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The jongleur of Taillebois -- A defense of the flag -- His sister -- Man proposes No. I, No. II, No. III, No. IV, No. V -- Judy's service of gold plate -- Shorty Stack, pugilist -- The third circle -- Buldy Jones, chef de claque -- A deal in wheat -- The dual personality of slick Dick Nickerson -- Dying fires -- The guest of honor -- A memorandum of sudden death -- The passing of Cockeye Blacklock.".
- catalog title "Short stories. Selections".
- catalog title "The best short stories of Frank Norris.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".