Moran of the Lady Letty

Frank Norris, born Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. on March 5, 1870, in Chicago, Illinois, was a foremost figure in the naturalist movement of American literature. Norris's influences stemmed from Emile Zola's naturalism and the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin, embedding a sense of realism and deterministic views of life into his narrative fabric. Norris's novels often highlighted social issu...