false 186345 19 Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics featuring eye-catching, newly commissioned art. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books <I>East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven</I>, and <I>Tortilla Flat</I>. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers&#151;and to the many who revisit them again and again. 3085054 1938 The Long Valley (Penguin Modern Classics) total:547|5:128|4:235|3:151|2:28|1:5| 547 2094 810 41 3 0 false true Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 06:51:52 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 12:30:31 -0700 2009
But something about this book worried me. I've had the feeling before that Steinbeck has ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 12:10:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:11:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:35:38 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 08:50:05 -0700 2009 the long valley is considerably different than his later works, but still contains many of the elements that would make his writing so unique. these stories move at a slower pace than his novels, focusing more on the quiet rhythms of the landscape and the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 23:03:40 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 14:30:44 -0800 2008
The Long Valley is a collection of short stories from Steinbeck that he began writing with The Pastures of Heaven and To A God Unknown, but didn't publish as a col...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 21:09:36 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 21:26:14 -0700 2007
With the exception of the very silly "St Katy the Virgin" about a r...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983 Sat Jan 26 04:41:16 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 04:47:02 -0800 2008 IN OUR TIME and THE OLD ORDER, and Steinbeck has many of the same characteristics. I've alr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 19:57:39 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 13:17:19 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 08:07:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 08:10:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:26:24 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:28:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 10:03:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:04:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 14:58:49 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 14:58:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:21:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:22:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jul 11 10:13:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 10:14:30 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Thu Jun 25 18:07:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 18:09:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 05:46:18 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 05:49:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 20:57:57 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 20:58:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 16:34:42 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 03:50:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 15:57:31 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 00:07:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 10:16:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:16:42 -0700 2009 http://steelbrassnwood.livejournal.com/7...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:56:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:38:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=186345