Vandover is a student who succumbs to a gambling addiction. This addiction causes him to divest himself of his cherished possessions and to lose his status in life, whilst his friends prosper. Eventually he is transformed by a strange degenerative lycanthropy, reduced to running back and forth across his apartment, naked, on all-fours. The novel was Norris' first, though published posthumously. Characteristically, it explores the themes of habit and addiction in a heightened "naturalistic" style.

Latest episodes of the podcast Vandover and the Brute by Frank Norris

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7. Part 1
• Chapter 7. Part 2
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9 Part 1
• Chapter 9 Part 2
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13. Part 1
• Chapter 13. part 2
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15. Part 1
• Chapter 15. Part 2
• Chapter 16. Part 1
• Chapter 16. Part 2
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18. Part 1
• Chapter 18. Part 2