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Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He lived and worked in San Francisco. His writing has been compared to Emile Zola, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and Edith Wharton. His writings sometimes contain an anti-Semitic element.
- Chapters
- Introduction
- The Third Circle
- The House With The Blinds
- Little Dramas Of The Curbstone
- Shorty Stack, Pugilist
- The Strangest Thing
- A Reversion To Type
- Boom
- The Dis-Associated Charities
- Son Of A Sheik
- A Defense Of The Flag
- Toppan
- A Caged Lion
- This Animal Of A Buldy Jones
- Dying Fires
- Grettir At Drangey
- The Guest Of Honor