The Grapes of Wrath / The Winter of Our Discontent / Short Novels by Steinbeck

Description: Viking Three Volume Set (The Grapes of Wrath / The Winter of Our Discontent / Short Novels)by John Steinbeck Three Volumes Hardcover Cloth 473, 281 & 527 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust. Viking Press Reprint editions 1967, 1961 & 1963. Handsome tan buckram boards with red and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square set with no marks or highlights. Previous owner's bookplate on each front endpaper. Brown endpapers. Books Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with bumped corners. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. The Grapes of Wrath The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck's powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics. The Winter of Our Discontent Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck's last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Island's aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. Set in Steinbeck's contemporary 1960 America, the novel explores the tenuous line between private and public honesty that today ranks it alongside his most acclaimed works of penetrating insight into the American condition. Short Novels Six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope in Of Mice and Men, to the 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 stories of realism, that were imbued with energy and resilience. The Red Pony is a coming-of-age novella that explores the emotional and moral growth of a young boy named Jody as he navigates the challenges and harsh realities of life on a California ranch. The Moon is Down a novel depicting the resistance of a small European town under occupation during World War II and explores themes of resilience and the human spirit. Tortilla Flat is a novel that explores the camaraderie and misadventures of a group of paisanos in Monterey, California, as they navigate life, friendship, and the challenges of their shared existence. John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (1902-1968) was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, and the novella, Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, 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 Valley region of California, a culturally diverse place of rich migratory and immigrant history. This upbringing imparted a regionalistic flavor to his writing, giving many of his works a distinct sense of place.

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Topic: American History, Civil War, Crime, First Love, Love, Military History, Modern History, Parenting, Thriller, True Crime, True Military Stories, True Stories, World History, World War II

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Vintage: Yes

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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Edition: Special Edition

Language: English

Publication Year: 1967

Book Title: Viking Three Volume Set

Intended Audience: Adults, Ages 9-12, Young Adults

Author: AUTHOR, John Steinbeck

Original Language: English

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