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The Winter Of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Winter Of Our Discontent about?
Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterises successin every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder, even a kind of combat, operating under 'the laws of controlled savagery.'
Who reads The Winter Of Our Discontent?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Publisher
- Pan in association with Heinemann
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780330200387
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (28,470 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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