Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California... Zobraziť viac
Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, ... Zobraziť viac
They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind. ... Zobraziť viac
Classic / American English. “All novels … are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves between good and evil.”John Steinbeck, one of America’s greatest writers, considered East of Eden to be his most important work... Zobraziť viac
The Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little... Zobraziť viac
In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost agin. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: An epic allegorical novel chronicling the fortunes of two families as they try to escape the sins of their... Zobraziť viac
Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of indentity; the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence... Zobraziť viac
California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons wil Zobraziť viac
Kino finds a large pearl, which he thinks will save his family from poverty. But the pearl is what they think they want instead of what they need. The misfortune it brings changes the life of the family forever... Zobraziť viac
John Steinbeck's paean to the Monterey County of his youth, "Cannery Row" contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in "Penguin Modern Classics". In the din and stink that is "Cannery Row" a colourful blend of misfits ... Zobraziť viac
When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed ... Zobraziť viac
During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a better life... Zobraziť viac
Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression... Zobraziť viac
Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him... Zobraziť viac
The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first... Zobraziť viac
April 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the first Viking hardcover publication of Steinbeck's crowning literary achievement First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl ... Zobraziť viac
Steinbeck's only work of fantasy literature in a deluxe edition with a foreword by Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of "Eragon," "Eldest" and "Brisingr" Malory s Le Morte d Arthur was the first book that ... Zobraziť viac
Like most ten-year-old boys, Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion as well as the need to be loved. Zobraziť viac
In the chaos of Cannery Row a collection of misfits – gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists – live side-by-side... Zobraziť viac
