num_pages: 233
description: This classic collection of short stories serves as the ideal introduction to Steinbeck's work. Set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themeselves in the world, these stories reflect many of the concerns key to Steinbeck as a writer; the tensions between town and city, labourers and owners, past and present. Included here are the celebrated tales, THE MURDERER and THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
language: English
title: The Long Valley
titlecomplete: The Long Valley
genres: Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Nobel Prize, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, American
ratings_count: 5576
places: Salinas Valley, California
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)