The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Classics)
by John Steinbeck
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Author: John SteinbeckEditor: Susan Shillinglaw
Introduction: Susan Shillinglaw
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-26
ISBN: 0143039482
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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- The Winter of Our Discontent
- (Penguin Classics) [Paperback]
- by Steinbeck, John
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Book Review: "A crime is something someone else commits"
Summary: 5 Stars
If you were forced to read "The Winter of Our Discontent" in high school, and a few years have passed, it's worth going back in for another read. The story is an American classic. A common grocery store clerk, Ethan Hawley, is shamed by his lowly status in a small town where his family name was once held in esteem. Believing that wealth and power will bring back that respect, Ethan sets in motion a series of events designed to return affluence to his family and political power to himself. Of course, the scheme has its victims, including those against whom Ethan is seeking revenge, and ultimately Ethan himself.
Published in 1961, "The Winter of Our Discontent" was Steinbeck's last novel. Some may criticize the book for its lack of subtlety. To be sure, the key theme -- the moral corruption of America -- surfaces throughout the novel's pages, and permeates many of its characters. While it may be true that Steinbeck avoided his usual nuance in crafting this story, to me this doesn't take away from the enjoyment of reading it.
Summary of The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Classics)
From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality?two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debutsIN 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.
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