The Winter of Our Discontent
of John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw (Annotations)
Description
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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date August 26th 2008
- First Publication 10/28/61
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143039488
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['New Baytown (United States)', 'New England (United States)']
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