Frank Norris

Bejamin Franklin Norris, (1870-1902), is recognized as one of the tree major naturalists in American literature. Born in an upper-class family in Chicago, Norris was sent to Paris to study art at the age of seventeen. His father called him home when he heard that his son was writing stories instead of studing art. Norris published his first book at his mother's expense, Yvernelle: A Legend of Feudal France, a long narrative poem, in 1892. He was influenced by Emile Zola very mcuh in his early years. He died after an operation for appendicitis at the age of 32.

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American Literature for Christian Schools, Bob Jones University Press, the biography on p. 501