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Pages: 909, Edition: 1st, Hardcover, Library of America

Product Description Here, collected in a single volume for the first time, are the novels and stories of rural California that established John Steinbeck's reputation. The stories in The Pastures of Heaven capture the stormy inner lives and sometimes disastrous fates of families in a seemingly tranquil California valley. A sense of primeval magic dominates To a God Unknown, as a farmer reverts to pagan nature worship. Steinbeck's sympathetic portrayal of ne'er-do-well residents of Tortilla Flat,...

Pages: 983, Hardcover, Library of America

In Cannery Row (1945) Steinbeck paid tribute to his closest friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, in the central character of Doc, proprietor of the Western Biological Laboratory and spiritual and financial mainstay of a cast of philosophical drifters and hangers-on. The comic and bawdy evocation of Monterey's sardine-canning district—"a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream"—has made this one of the most...

In Cannery Row (1945) Steinbeck paid tribute to his closest friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, in the central character of Doc, proprietor of the Western Biological Laboratory and spiritual and financial mainstay of a cast of philosophical drifters and hangers-on. The comic and bawdy evocation of Monterey's sardine-canning district—"a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream"—has made this one of the most...

"The Moon Is Down" (1942), set in an unnamed Scandinavian country under German occupation, dramatizes the transformation of ordinary life under totalitarian rule and the underground struggle against the Nazi invaders. In "Cannery Row" (1945) Steinbeck paid tribute to his closest friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, in the central character of Doc, proprietor of the Western Biological Laboratory and spiritual and financial mainstay of a cast of philosophical drifters and hangers-on. The comic...

Pages: 328, Paperback, University of Missouri

Pages: 360, Paperback, Duke University Press Books

Steinbeck�s most widely known work is The Grapes of Wrath (1939; Pulitzer Prize, 1940). The controversial novel, received not only as realistic fiction, but as a moving document of social protest, is an American classic. Steinbeck was awarded the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize in literature. Discs: 1 Color: Color Audio: Dolby 2.0 Subtitles: NA Running time: 45 minutes Release Date: 38867 Composer/Author: NA Conductor: NA Performers: NA

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NY. 1939. Putnam. First Edition (No other printings indicated.) Illustrated by White & Robert Lawson (endpapers). This is the story of how a boy becomes King Arthur by pulling a legendary sword, Excalibur, from a stone. Exceptional b&w endpapers showing aspects of the story by the award-winning Lawson with small b&w sketches and decorations by the author within the text. Blue cloth covers. Gilt lettering on the spine and sword design on the front cover. Red tinted top edges. Fine condition, clean...

John Steinbeck's writings are among the most widely read works of American fiction. Though his novels have always been popular with general readers, critics expressed surprise when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, and some scholars have been quick to dismiss his works as more appropriate for high school students than for undergraduates. In recent years, however, there has been a growing recognition of Steinbeck as a serious writer, and a correspondingly large body of scholarship has...

John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. Responsible for both the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, released in 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men, released in 1937, he wrote 25 publications, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Steinbeck grew up in the Salinas region...

A collection of the Sicilian writer's best tales as selected and translated by D.H. Lawrence in 1925. Verga evokes the rural poverty, folkways and flavor of Sicily in the 1860s. A volume in the excellent Steerforth Italia series. (ITL472, $15.00)

A 6 page paper which examines why John Steinbeck’s novel “The Grapes of Wrath” was banned. The paper argues that while many may claim the banning was due to language and sex the issues go far deeper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels— Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row , and The Pearl . From Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, and hope in Of Mice and Men , to his tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in Cannery Row, to The Pearl' s examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck created stories that were realistic,...

First published in the 14th-century, this epic saga is a compilation of fact and fiction based on ancient storytelling traditions. It's a fantastic tale of heroes and villains, monsters and wizards, fighting for the control of China during the last days of the Han Dynasty (150 AD). Much of the action centers on the middle and upper Yangtze -- and some familiarity with the rival kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu will much enhance your appreciation of a voyage along its banks. This abridged edition is translated...