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The Winter of Our Discontent was the last novel Steinbeck published before his death. It continues Steinbeck’s commitment to writing about social themes. Many critics rank the novel as on par with better-known Steinbeck work like The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.  · The Winter of Our Discontent is the story of Ethan Allen Hawley, a member of a once great family turned broke. Ethan, an honest man, spends his days reliving the old days of family glory, while working as a grocery clerk in a store his family once bltadwin.rug: John Steinbeck. Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discontent was first published in and was his last novel. It was also the latest book published prior to his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. Interestingly, when asked if he felt that he deserved the award, this “giant of American letters” said: “Frankly, no.”4/5.

The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare 's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT. by John Steinbeck ‧ RELEASE DATE: J. A major novel — the first since East of Eden — this brings into focus a conflict within a man's personality which will have wide, perhaps too wide, recognition value. John Steinbeck's special gift of compassion might have turned this into a sentimental exercise. The Winter of Our Discontent published in , is John Steinbeck's last novel. The title is a reference to the line "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son [or sun] of York," from William Shakespeare's Richard III.

The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare 's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". The Winter of Our Discontent Quotes Showing of “I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”. ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent. likes. THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT. JOHN STEINBECK () was born in Salinas, California, in and grew up in a fertile agricultural valley about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast—and both valley and coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction.