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John Steinbeck
For use in schools and libraries only. The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally disabled Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.
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Previously recorded by Penguin HighBridge Audio.
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… based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man’s nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love –Back cover.
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses…
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California’s Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families–the Trasks and the Hamiltons–whose generations helplessly reenact the…
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is…
With his dog Charley, John Steinbeck set out in his truck to explore and experience America in the 1960s. As he talked with all kinds of people, he sadly noted…
First published: New York: Viking Press, 1945.
A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath is also the story of one Oklahoma farm…
While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in this classic work, Steinbeck narrows his focus, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked…
Drawing characters based on his memories of real inhabitants of Monterey, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack, and his boys, in a world where only the fittest survive…
‘I ain’t never been satisfied with that book, Cannery Row. I would of went about it different.’ Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, Steinbeck brilliantly re-creates its bawdy, high-spirited…
The only work of fantasy literature by the Nobel Prize winner is presented in this illustrated deluxe edition. Steinbeck embellishes Malory’s spare language with a richness of detail that transforms…
California’s fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of…
Based on the special fiftieth-anniversary edition of the novel which reproduced the original text published in 1939 by The Viking Press –P. xi.
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they…
Howard Levant
Examines and asseses the novels, beginning with Cup of Gold, 1929, in terms of Steinbeck’s search for an established harmony between ordering structure, either panoramic or dramatic, and his diverse…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases many records with topics ranging from Anti-War, Gangs Extremist Groups, Organized Crime, Supreme Court, World War II and many more. Included are several…
A collection of critical reviews that investigate the background of industrialism in the works of John Steinbeck.
Bernd Steiner
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, course: Novel and Film (HS), 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English…
Gerald Newman,Eleanor Newman Layfield
Describes the life and works of author John Steinbeck –
Michael J. Meyer
John Steinbeck continues to be a focus of academic study and the source of interest to readers around the globe. Each year new articles and books are written about him…
Danica Cerce
This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck’s works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck’s universal relevance…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Chrysanthemums, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Flight, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Susan Shillinglaw
Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck’s first wife, was his creative anchor, the inspiration for his great work of the 1930s, culminating in The Grapes of Wrath. In many ways…
As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. Yet his place in the literary…
William Souder
A biography of one of America’s most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck.
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Features author’s most important and popular works.
In John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, a poor fisherman locates a valuable pearl. Instead of bringing fortune, it brings sorrow, proving that wealth and happiness don’t always go hand in hand.
Una gran novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura, John Steinbeck
Al este del Eden, epopeya de resonancias biblicas que inspiro la celebre pelicula homonima dirigida por Elia Kazan y que…
This volume includes the original screenplay, with directors notes, and the narrative - which followed on from a previously undiscovered manuscript by Steinbeck being found in the UCLA Research Library…
Katalin Bruszt
