Tag: John Steinbeck

  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck

    The Pearl by John Steinbeck

    “The Pearl” is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published hot on the heels of the second world war. The story is a re-visioning of a Mexican folktale, sometimes called a parable. This story is widely studied in American high schools so much has been posted elsewhere about symbolism and themes. My focus is on […]

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  • The Leader of the People by John Steinbeck

    The Leader of the People by John Steinbeck

    The Red Pony (1933) by John Steinbeck is described as an episodic novella, or interconnected short stories. “The Leader of the People” is the final work in the four interrelated stories in The Red Pony (1937, 1945). I really enjoyed this story from The Golden Argosy collection (as recommended by Stephen King), as it still […]

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