John Steinbeck
2) East of Eden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
3) The pearl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-five years ago, when "searching for America" was not yet the cliche it has since become, Steinbeck hit the highways with his French poodle, Charley. In a custom-built camper he named Rosinante after Don Quixote's steed, the two traveled the country--10,000 miles and 34 states. Their varied experiences comprise several slices of small-town, back-roads Americana. Steinbeck laments the rise of plastic-covered everything, the vacuousness of "sad...
5) Cannery Row
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Floodrsquo;s bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist...
6) The red pony
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 72
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
909 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents five works from American writer John Steinbeck, all portraying life in rural California.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 132
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
983 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 86
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1,067 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This second volume in The Library of America's authoritative edition of John Steinbeck features his acknowledged masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America's dispossessed struggling for survival. It continues to exert a powerful influence on American culture, and has inspired artists as...
17) The long valley
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1986, c1938
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Nhà Xuất Ban Tre
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Tái bản lần thứ 3.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Cách Cửa Mở Rộng - Tôi, Charley Và Hành Trình Nước Mỹ kể về một hành trình gần mười ngàn dặm mà tác giả John Steinbeck gọi là hành trình “đi tìm nước Mỹ” trên một chiếc xe bán tải có cabin trên thùng xe, cùng con chó Charley rong ruổi khắp nước Mỹ. Ở tuổi 58, sau một thời gian sống ở nước ngoài, nhà văn Mỹ đoạt giải Nobel văn học John Steinbeck quyết...