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THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN by JOHN STEINBECK
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Each of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Steinbeck tackles two important literary traditions here; American naturalism, with its focus on the confl ...Show more
The Essential Steinbeck Boxed Set: Cannery Row; East of Eden; The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
$75.00 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
One of the finest and most influential social novelists of the twentieth century, Steinbeck remains a best-selling author in the UK. Collected here in this covetable and must-have boxed-set are four of his major works: Cannery Row; East of Eden; The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerv ...Show more
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
$15.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit communit ...Show more
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Clothbound Classics
After the phenomenal success of The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck should have enjoyed the fame, the wealth, and the Pulitzer Prize this book brought to him. But the public spotlight made him uneasy. In 1944, as he considered the personal impact of his prosperity, Steinbeck began The Pearl. Reworking an anc ...Show more
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'the Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in the church and their son, Coyotito, will go to school. Obsessed by his dream, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses ...Show more
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults.
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
$14.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, and later promises him the colt of a bay mare. Both these gifts bring joy to Jodi's life - but tragedy soon follows. As Jodi begins to learn the harsh lessons of life and death, he starts to un ...Show more
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: The Originals
Masterfully linked short stories by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. The Red Pony is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, and later pro ...Show more
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck
$39.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels-"Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row," and "The Pearl." From Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, and hope in "Of Mice and Men," t ...Show more
The Vigilante by John Steinbeck
$2.50 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Penguin Modern
The papers all said he was a fiend. I read all the papers. That's what they all said.'One of America's greatest writers explores mob violence, voyeurism and betrayal in these unforgettable tales of Californian life.
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works, beginning with the six shown here, will be published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-ca ...Show more