Best Of John Steinbeck - April 2024

Of Mice and Men

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140177396
• ASIN: 0140177396
• ISBN: 0140177396
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Pearl

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.”   Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014017737X
• ASIN: 014017737X
• ISBN: 014017737X
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Steinbeck's brilliant short novelsCollected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are 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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143105779
• ASIN: 0143105779
• ISBN: 0143105779
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Travels with Charley in Search of America

• ASIN: B001BC6GN6
• ASIN: B001BC6GN6
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Once There Was a War (Penguin Classics)

A Penguin Classic“Age can never dull this kind of writing,” writes the Chicago Tribune of John Steinbeck’s dispatches from World War II, filed for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943, which vividly captured the human side of war. Writing from England in the midst of the London blitz, North Africa, and Italy, Steinbeck focuses on the people as opposed to the battles, portraying everyone from the guys in the bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour. He eats and drinks with soldiers behind enemy lines, talks with them, and fights beside them. First published in book form in 1958, these writi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143104799
• ASIN: 0143104799
• ISBN: 0143104799
• Brand: Steinbeck, John/ Bowden, Mark (INT)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Grapes of Wrath

• ASIN: 0143039431
• UPC: 000143039431
• ASIN: 0143039431
• ISBN: 0143039431
• Brand: Steinbeck, John/ Demott, Robert J. (INT)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Moon Is Down

Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside—and betrayal born within the close-knit communityA Penguin Classic In this masterful tale set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. As he delves into the emotions of the German commander and the Norwegian traitor, and depicts the spirited patriotism of the Norwegian underground, Steinbeck uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war—and about human nature.Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s self-descr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140187464
• UPC: 664821366020
• ASIN: 0140187464
• ISBN: 0140187464
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authorsA Penguin Classic In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140186395
• ASIN: 0140186395
• ISBN: 9780140186390
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Flood’s bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist who min... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014200068X
• ASIN: 014200068X
• ISBN: 014200068X
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured a number of actors who have played the iconic roles of George and Lennie on stage and film, including James Earl Jones, John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, this classic story of an unlikely pair, two migrant workers in California d... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143117203
• UPC: 051488012009
• ASIN: 0143117203
• ISBN: 0143117203
• Brand: Steinbeck, John
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Steinbeck: A Life in Letters by Steinbeck, John (1975) Hardcover

For John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation for work and a natural way for him to communicate his thoughts on people he liked and hated; on marriage, women, and children; on the condition of the world; and on his progress in learning his craft. Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California, and closing with a 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters reveals the inner thoughts and rough character of this American author as nothing else has and as nothing else ever will.

• ASIN: 067066961X
• ASIN: 067066961X
• ISBN: 067066961X
• Brand: Viking
• Manufacturer: Viking Adult

Sweet Thursday (Penguin Classics)

A Penguin ClassicIn Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143039474
• ASIN: 0143039474
• ISBN: 0143039474
• Brand: Steinbeck, John/ DeMott, Robert (INT)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Grapes Of Wrath

• ASIN: B00A32CKYE
• ASIN: B00A32CKYE

A Russian Journal (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Steinbeck and Capa’s account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.A Penguin ClassicJust after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad – now Volgograd – but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russia... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0141180196
• ASIN: 0141180196
• ISBN: 0141180196
• Brand: Penguin Classics
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Cannery Row

• ASIN: B00198X0XQ
• UPC: 883929043514
• ASIN: B00198X0XQ
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Manufacturer: Warner Home Video

The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on John Steinbeck, Including His Personal Life, Analysis of His Best Sellers Such as the Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, of Mice and Men, and More

The Essential Writer's Guide

• UPC: 102089769

The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on John Steinbeck, Including His Education, Genres, Analysis of His Best Sellers Such as Cup of Gold, the Pa

The Essential Writer's Guide

• UPC: 599498549

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