The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2008
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Paperback
From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditationon American morality two classic Steinbecknovels make their black spine debuts
IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize inLiterature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter ofOur Discontent, he had 'resumed his position as an independentexpounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinelyAmerican.'
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as aclerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the declinein their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungryfor the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then oneday, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holidayfrom his own scrupulous standards.
Description
Details
- Title The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Classics)
- Author Steinbeck, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-08-26
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0143039482
- ISBN 9780143039488 / 0143039482
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.08 x 0.61 in (19.56 x 12.90 x 1.55 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 770
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Conduct of life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008018574
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
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. This edition features an introduction and notes by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw.