num_pages: 276
description: Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Then a series of unusual events reignites Ethan’s ambition, and he is pitched on to a bold course where all scruples are put aside...Steinbeck’s searing examination of the evil influences of money, immorality, greed and ambition on American drew acclaim from the Nobel Committee who hailed him as an 'independent expounder of the truth'.
language: English
title: The Winter of Our Discontent
titlecomplete: The Winter of Our Discontent
characters: Mr. Baker, Allen Hawley, Joey Morphy, Margie Young-Hunt, Ellen Hawley, Danny Taylor, Alfio Maurello, Mary Hawley, Ethan Allen Hawley
genres: 20th Century, American, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 46295
places: New York (State), Long Island, New York, New Baytown
publisher: Gardners Books