the winter of our discontent by john steinbeck

Two subsequent novels, The Pastures of Heaven and To A God Unknown, met the same fate.Īfter moving to the Monterey Peninsula in 1930, Steinbeck and his new wife, Carol Henning, made their home in Pacific Grove. Though his first novel, Cup of Gold, was published in 1929, it attracted little literary attention. He was unsuccessful and returned, disappointed, to California the following year. Steinbeck left Stanford permanently in 1925 to pursue a career in writing in New York City. During this time he attended only sporadically while working at a variety jobs including on with the Big Sur highway project, and one at Spreckels Sugar Company near Salinas. Stanford did not claim his undivided attention. In 1919, he graduated from Salinas High School as president of his class and entered Stanford University majoring in English. Young Steinbeck came to know the Salinas Valley well, working as a hired hand on nearby ranches in Monterey County. His mother, Olive Hamilton, was a former schoolteacher who developed in him a love of literature. His father, John Steinbeck, served as Monterey County Treasurer for many years. John Ernst Steinbeck, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner, was born in Salinas, California February 27, 1902. Awards-Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, 1940.

Education-Studied marine biology at Stanford University,.

Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. OL23190W Page_number_confidence 93.29 Pages 330 Ppi 300 References Goldstone A38b Republisher_date 20200215104725 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 428 Scandate 20200214195748 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog marygrove Scribe3_search_id 31927000692720 Tts_version 3.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.'Įthan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:03:43 Associated-names Hader, Elmer, 1889-1973, bookjacket designer Boxid IA1776623 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The winter of our discontent by john steinbeck