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loses his dental practice after Marcus, fueled by jealousy, reports him to the authorities.

The story follows McTeague, a slow-witted, towering man who practices dentistry without a license. His life is stable, if dull, until he falls for Trina Sieppe, the cousin of his best friend, Marcus Schouler. McTeague

The turning point occurs when Trina wins $5,000 in a lottery. This sudden wealth acts as a catalyst for destruction: loses his dental practice after Marcus, fueled by

Though it shocked contemporary readers with its violence and "sordid" details, McTeague remains a landmark of American literature. It was later adapted by Erich von Stroheim into the 1924 silent film Greed , widely considered one of the greatest—and most ambitious—motion pictures ever made. The turning point occurs when Trina wins $5,000 in a lottery

The lottery win is not a blessing but a curse, proving that in a Naturalist universe, blind luck often dictates a person’s ruin.