This 1936 novel--set in the California apple country--portrays a strike by migrant workers that metamorphoses from principled defiance into blind fanaticism.[...]

A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America's great twentieth-century writers
On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork "The Grapes of Wrath"?and at the height of the American war effort?John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and i[...]

John Steinbeck's adaptation of one of America's most widely read and beloved novels, presented in cinemas on November 6th by National Theatre Live starring James Franco, Chris O'Dowd, and Leighton Meester, and directed by Anna D. Shapiro
"Of Mice and Men" represents an experiment in form, which [...]

Unabridged, 17 CDs, 21 hours
Read by Dylan Baker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized-and sometimes outraged-millions of readers
At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck's, "The Grapes o[...]

'In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again. 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'. "The Pearl" is Steinbeck's hear[...]

Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck, one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, offers a powerful but tragic tale in "Of Mice and Men". 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place'. George and his [...]

'A red pony colt was looking at him out of the stall. Its tense ears were forward and a light of disobedience was in its eyes. Its coat was rough and thick as an Airedale's fur and its mane was long and tangled'. Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father bri[...]

George and Lennie are migrant American workers - the one alert and protective, the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way of life.[...]

When Jody leaves for school one morning, his idol, ranch hand Billy Buck, promises 'it won't rain today'. However, it does, with tragic consequences... Hardback 130pp[...]

Amid the sardine canneries, vacant lots, flophouses and honky-tonks of Monterey, Steinbeck assembles a colourful gallery of characters, including Lee Chong the grocer, Doc the marine biologist who surprisingly finds love, and Dora Flood, the flamboyent bordello proprietess.[...]