Violence
StrongThe selected passage describes severe injuries inflicted by a husband, resulting infection and finger amputation.
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McTeague
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. The book was the basis for the films McTeague (1916) and Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1924). It was also adapted as an opera by William Bolcom in 1992.
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English Project Gutenberg ebook165, original text; not an adaptation, abridgment or recording.
Alcohol, drugs & smoking
ModerateThe opening describes a habitual beer-drinking and pipe-smoking routine, including falling asleep after drinking. Whole-book frequency remains unassessed.
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