num_pages: 272
description: First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present. Included here are the O. Henry Prize-winning story “The Murder”; “The Chrysanthemums,” perhaps Steinbeck’s most challenging story, both personally and artistically; “Flight,” “The Snake,” “The White Quail,” and the classic tales of “The Red Pony.” With an introduction and notes by John H. Timmerman.
language: English
title: The Long Valley
titlecomplete: The Long Valley (Twentieth-century Classics)
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 5576
places: Salinas Valley, California
publisher: Penguin Classics