Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. In the words of Richard Levi:. In 1887 after the death of his brother and a brief stay in London young Norris went to Académie Julian in Paris where he studied painting for two years and was exposed to the naturalist novels of Emile Zola.

His notable works include McTeague (1899) The Octopus: A Story of California (1901) and The Pit (1903). Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.