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  <title><![CDATA[Novels and Stories 1932-1937: The Pastures of Heaven/To a God Unknown/Tortilla Flat/In Dubious Battle/Of Mice and Men]]></title>
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  <default-description>For the first time in one volume, the early California writings of one of America's greatest novelists have been collected, including the seminal works, &lt;i&gt;Tortilla Flat &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;Of Mice and Men, &lt;/i&gt;tracing his early growth and evolution. First printing.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1994</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Novels and Stories 1932-1937: The Pastures of Heaven/To a God Unknown/Tortilla Flat/In Dubious Battle/Of Mice and Men</original-title>
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  <date_added>Sun May 20 21:10:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Pastures of Heaven - interesting compilation of fable-like stories - harsh reality mixed with serendipity - irony between beauty of environs and ugliness of human occupation, framed in the social structure of an early rural town in California.  Easily digestible as separate themes, but challengi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1333658">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 06 07:27:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 07:52:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I consider it quite a strange experience to read Steinbeck, it is not that he has an awkward style or is difficult to read; it is rather the opposite, as qua language use he is sober, the depth he achieves though is tantalizing and as such when reading these works we are offered clever constructs of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34644228">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What's <em>not</em> to love about a collection of stories that contains the classic <em>Of Mice and Men</em>?  But this typically beautiful edition from the Library of America is so much more.  It contains Steinbeck's earliest writings, ranging from the the pastoral (<em>The Pastures of Heaven</em>)and the poetic (<em>To A God Un...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26758623">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; and &quot;In Dubious Battle&quot; from this book before I returned it to the library. The second novel was a suggestion from my brother. Both books immerse you in the life of travelling workers in the depression era US. Everyone knows &quot;OF Mice and Men&quot;, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2887683">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors!  Every one of his better known works is a beautiful piece.  A wonderful, early California writer who opens up the world of old Monterey, Big Sur, and central California with his ability to capture the natural beauty of his settings, and poetic insight into th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20134799">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay... really I've only read two of the inclusions in this book:  In Dubious battle, which I give 3 stars to cause it's just not Steinbeck's best and Of Mice and Men which I loved as a kid so lets say 4 stars.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Five stories, gritty and gristly, pure Steinbeck. Great, great, reading.]]></body>
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