The Winter of Our Discontent
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8 ratings
About This Book
Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterises successin every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder, even a kind of combat, operating under 'the laws of controlled savagery.'
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Sign InClassic LiteratureConduct of lifeEmployeesFictionGrocery tradeLiteratureSuccessSocial life and customsHuman behaviorManners and customsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, family life
The Swinging Light
Book Details
First Published
1961
Pages
304 pages
Rating
4.0 / 5
Ratings
8
Editions
55
Publisher
Pan
Language
GRE, ENG, RUS
Status
Published
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