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Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

1946568 pagesabout 9–13 hours
1946
first published
  • 1943Viking Press · 568 pages · ENG
  • 1967Viking Press · 609 pages · ENG
  • 1970Viking Press · 692 pages · ENGISBN 9780670669608
  • 1976Penguin Books · 692 pages · ENGISBN 9780140150025
  • 1976Penguin Books · 692 pages · ENGISBN 9780140150018
  • 1980Viking Press · 692 pages · ENGISBN 9780517610633
  • 2012Penguin Books · 579 pages · ENGISBN 9780143106975
  • 1957Viking AdultISBN 9780670010028

Contains: From The long valley. Flight ; The snake ; The harness ; The chrysanthemums -- From The pastures of heaven. Tularecito ; Molly Morgan ; Pat Humbert's -- From Tortilla Flat. Danny ; Pilon ; The pirate ; The treasure hunt ; Tortillas and beans -- From In dubious battle. A future we can't foresee -- Of mice and men (the complete novel) -- The red pony. The gift ; The great mountains ; The promise ; The leader of the people -- From The long valley. Breakfast -- From The grapes of wrath. The turtle ; "The last clear definite function of man" ; Migrant people ; Life and death ; Breakfast and work ; Ma and Tom ; The flood -- From Sea of Cortez. "Is" thinking and "living into" ; The pearl of La Paz ; Parable of laziness ; Differences ; "It might be so" -- From "About Ed Ricketts." "Knowing Ed Ricketts ..." ; "Speculative metaphysics" -- From Cannery Row. Frog hunt -- From East of Eden. Adam and his sons ; Choice and responsibility ; Technology and a technocrat ; Timshel -- Two uncollected stories. The affair at 7, rue de M -- ; How Mr. Hogan robbed a bank -- From Travels with Charley in search of America. People ; Texan ostentation ; Southern troubles ; Last leg -- The language of awareness. From East of Eden ; Nobel prize acceptance speech.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching
AtmosphereGritty

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead
ComplexityLayered
CommitmentQuick escape

Worth knowing

ViolenceOccasional

When and where

Reading situationCommuteWaiting
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