Bibliograph

The winter of our discontent, John Steinbeck ; introduction and notes by Susan Shillinglaw

Type

Label

The winter of our discontent, John Steinbeck ; introduction and notes by Susan Shillinglaw

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxxiii)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The winter of our discontent

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

226292063

Responsibility statement

John Steinbeck ; introduction and notes by Susan Shillinglaw

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

From the Publisher: From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality-two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts. In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had "resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American." 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 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

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Susan Shillinglaw -- Suggestions for further reading -- Winter Of Our Discontent -- Explanatory notes

Target audience

adult

Classification