The Third Circle


The Third Circle is a collection of short stories by Frank Norris with an introduction by William Henry Irwin. It was published posthumously in 1909.

Summary

The collection contains sixteen short stories. In then, Norris depicts life in the San Francisco, California prior to the 1906 earthquake, especially the "terrible conditions" in Chinatown.

Critical reception

The Spectator called it, "a series of remarkable sketches and short stories". They added, "they are especially interesting as showing the growth of his talent, but they are well worth reading for their intrinsic merit."
The Sewanee Review noted, "There are sixteen sketches in all and each is entitled to the place given it upon its particular merits rather than, as was the evident intention of the editor, of exhibiting therein the growth and development of the author's imagination and technique."