WRITER

Frank Norris

1870 - 1902

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Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Norris has received more than 373,659 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Norris is the 5,118th most popular writer (down from 4,603rd in 2019), the 7,283rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,595th in 2019) and the 573rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vandover and the brute
Accessible book
1914
Moran of the Lady Letty
Fiction
1898
The Pit
Fiction, Married people, Wheat trade
This classic literary critique of turn-of-the-century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed. The Pit was part two of a planned three part trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat (The Octopus was part one), however Norris died before completing the third novel.
1903
Blix
Classic Literature, Fiction
IT had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sunday morning's paper, and came back and rang the breakfast-bell for the second time.
1899
McTeague
Fiction, Dentists, Married people
It was Sunday, and, according to his custom on that day, McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the car conductors' coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna's saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer.
1899
The Octopus
Fiction, Wheat farmers, Farmers
Nominally, a fictional story of the disputes between a railroad and ranchers in California, it was actually a stern critique of the Central Pacific Railroad based on the famous "Mussel Slough Tragedy" where a shootout occurred between railroad men and citizens of a small California town. The Octopus was originally planned to be part one of a three part trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat. Part two, The Pit, was published later but Norris died before completing the third novel.
1901

Page views of Frank Norrises by language

Over the past year Frank Norris has had the most page views in the with 39,743 views, followed by Spanish (3,117), and Russian (2,401). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (85.56%), Basque (72.48%), and Georgian (67.98%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank Norris ranks 5,118 out of 7,302. Before him are Jack Finney, Takeshi Shudo, Anton Buttigieg, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Stanislav Stratiev, and Jonathan Stroud. After him are Ama Ata Aidoo, Juan de Mena, Inger Hagerup, Urs Widmer, Joel Chandler Harris, and Abbas Sahhat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Frank Norris ranks 131. Before him are John Isaac Briquet, Julián Besteiro, R. B. Bennett, Ivan Perestiani, Bautista Saavedra, and Nino Martoglio. After him are Victor Borisov-Musatov, John Marin, Charles Bennett, Jüri Jaakson, Teodor Shteingel, and Henri Bouckaert. Among people deceased in 1902, Frank Norris ranks 73. Before him are Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Richard Leach Maddox, Johannes Wislicenus, Emil Holub, and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau. After him are Walter Reed, Almon Brown Strowger, Franz Sigel, Lőrinc Schlauch, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, and Hans von Pechmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Norris ranks 7,283 out of 20,380. Before him are James Foley (1953), Tim Daly (1956), James Hall (1811), Maude Fealy (1883), Bill Maher (1956), and James Algar (1912). After him are Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Larry Graham (1946), Malcolm Browne (1931), Michael Stonebraker (1943), and Joel Chandler Harris (1848).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank Norris ranks 573. Before him are Stephen Hunter (1946), Elaine May (1932), David Belasco (1853), John O'Hara (1905), Alan Dean Foster (1946), and Jack Finney (1911). After him are Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Louella Parsons (1881), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), and Eve Ensler (1953).

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