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The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

80 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1996

An American saga... in miniature
This book is a perfect way to become deeply enveloped in the psychology of a loveable man grappling with the temptations of corruption, greed, and adultery. The characters are vivid and personal, and often we are privy to their most intimate- and amusing- thoughts. Steinbeck is a master of recreating the essence of a culture, and he successfully creates this New England town which remains steeped ...

Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)

1100 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin, 2002

easy, short, to the point
steinbeck is awesome for pulling this through.....he was able to pack so much information in this short book.....that is some REAL talent right there!

Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)

185 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

"I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger."
(4.5 stars) When John Steinbeck obeys a life-long urge to drive from coast to coast in 1960, he little anticipates the variety of the "American experience." Beginning in Maine and traveling along the northern states through Wisconsin, the Badlands, Montana, and all places in between, to Washington and Oregon, Steinbeck then decides to visit his childhood community of Salinas, in northern ...

The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)

11 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 2006

A Classic in every respect
There are very few American novels that can be called a classic, but the trails and tribulations of the Jode family during the Great Depression stands at the pinnacle of 20th century literarute. Nobel prize winner for this his master opus, Steinbeck has etched in the minds of the American public in the 20th Century what Dickens did in the 19th. One of your best bets in the classics department. ...

East of Eden

215 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

Good job!
Finally! This was quick, simple, and they sent a used book which was exactly in the perfect condition they described...... the package even had a small smiley face with a note to enjoy. Corny? Maybe, but I felt like a real person took an interest in wrapping and mailing this spell-binding classic story of good and evil in which the characters are as alive and real today as they were in the ...

The Pearl

495 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000

Steinbeck Captures the Heart of an Immortal Lesson
This book is criminally unknown. In just under 100 pages, Steinbeck weaves the immortal truth that worldy wealth cannot guarantee happiness or joy into a classic tale of a South American native couple who discover the joys and woes of finding an incredible pearl. They first think that the pearl will change their lives (which is correct) by bringing them happiness and opening endless ...

East of Eden

267 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Knocked For A Loop
When I bought this book, Steinbeck could not have been further off my radar. I suppose I expected a solid, picaresque novel that was good in a musty "literature" sort of way. I could not have been more wrong. I don't think that I have ever been punched in the gut more times by a work of art. The mixture of mythology and gritty realism never felt forced, in fact it made the story even more fluid ...

Of Mice and Men

3 reviews
John Steinbeck

Bantam Books (Mm), 1981

One Of My Ultimate Favorite Childhood Books
This is a book I finished in one day. I had to read for my freshmen honors English class over the summer. Lenny and George, two complete opposites manage to stick together and care for each other in the hardest of times. One huge and strong with the mind of an innocent child and one small but with unbelievable streets smarts. The book is very short but well detailed with several surprisingly ...

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)

586 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

The best american novel ever written?
As a former resident of California, I was often shocked on how the locals treated the Mexicans. After working all day, some were paid virtually nothing, and some were actually paid nothing. And because they couldn't complain to the government they were just "out of luck." This book addresses that very issue, if only dealing with the white "oakies." The point of this novel makes about migrant ...

Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

218 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

good book for everyone
i thought this would be a stupid book becuz we had to read it for an english class, but it was actually pretty interesting. i read to the end before the class, for once

Of Mice and Men (Classics on Cassette)

16 reviews
John Steinbeck

Highbridge Audio, 2003

Gary Sinise And John Steinbeck. Absolutely Masterful !Thanks John!
My good mate John at Matilda's book store in Mount Waverley loaned me this audio book and I was totally mesmerized by it. I always knew that Gary Sinise was a great actor but I had no idea of just how good a book narrator he is. He recites all of the character voices himself and you would swear that there must be different people speaking, such is his mastery of the English Language, dialect and ...

The Moon Is Down

62 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1995

The Rules of Engagement
John Steinbeck is best known for his depictions of American life, of the trials that ordinary men must face as they travel through life. "The Moon Is Down" is a departure in setting for Steinbeck, with the action placed in a small Norwegian town during WWII. Yet even with a change of scenery, the elements that make Steinbeck such a keen observer of human fate are present in this timeless, ...

The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath

3 reviews
John Steinbeck

Heyday Books, 2002

Was It Really A Novel?
Were the "Grapes of Wrath" published today, it may like other recent books, have been classified as historical fiction as opposed to a novel. I am thinking specifically of "Artemisia" that was published as both in different countries. How the work is classified is not critical, as either way it is one of the finest pieces of literature that has been written, and for many people, Steinbeck's ...

Of Mice and Men

1 review
John Steinbeck

Bantam Books, 1982

True masterpiece
If an index could be created that would measure a book's significance and divide it by the number of words, few books would come anywhere near "Of Mice and Men". This is a book that every aspiring writer (and many active ones) should read and then keep in mind as a guide to packing meaning into every word, every image, every scene, and every character. Absolutely nothing is wasted here. The ...

The Red Pony (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

171 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993

A Captivating Classic
THE RED PONY is a beautiful and simple classic by John Steinbeck, the great American novelist whose heart always goes out to the oppressed, the misfits, and the distressed. This story is about a young boy, but it provides reading pleasure for adults as well. It is composed of four distinct parts. Part I, "The Gift," is the story of Jody and his horse Gabilan. Jody's father is a harsh man, ...

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

37 reviews
John Steinbeck

Viking Adult, 2007

The Arthurian myths' new life
Working from original sources such as the Winchester manuscript and the famous book by Thomas Malory, Steinbeck recreates the essential mythical stories of Britain's literature and history. They are seven interconnected but independent stories, which unfortunately form an unfinished book, that ends just at the beginning of the fatidic romance between Lancelot and Guinevere. Steinbeck modernizes ...

In Dubious Battle (Penguin Classics)

42 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 2006

"Man hates himself"
When I read a novel I never over analyze it or try to read between the lines or ponder the symbolism of different objects, I just read the book and try to enjoy the story. The main reason is because my brain is the size of a Fig Newton (but chewier) and also because I really don't care. I read for enjoyment not to blow an o-ring agonizing about the philosophical conclusion of the whole thing. ...

The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Classics)

21 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1995

Journal of travel and research
This nonfiction book is an account of a research/specimen collecting trip Steinbeck made with his friend and marine biologist Edward Ricketts off the coast of Baja California in 1940. They rent a boat, a purse-seiner called the "Western Flyer," stock her with supplies, hire a crew, and set sail on the afternoon of March 11, 1940. The raison d'etre of the trip is collecting sea specimens, but ...

Tortilla Flat

106 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977

Excellent and moving
John Steinbeck depicts in this book a brief period in the lives of seven characters, seven "paisanos", in the immediate outskirts of Monterey, California. They are extremely poor, they are almost social outcasts; they are drinkers and would do almost anything for a jug of wine, they are at the same time selfish and altruistic, and find strange and contorted ways to rationalize their actions, yet ...

The Wayward Bus (Penguin Classics)

24 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 2006

Our Wayward SUVs?
With its gritty realism "The Wayward Bus" unravels much of the post WWII American utopia, the last glitters of which we see today. The story centers on an odd cast of characters traveling in a rickety old bus along a remote stretch of the California desert. The bus and its occupants provide a microcosm of a society adrift. It serves as a stark contrast to Norman Rockwell's noble mid-twentieth ...

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