The Short Novels of John Steinbeck

Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope in *Of Mice and Men*, to the tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in *Cannery Row*, to *The Pearl'*s examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck stories of realism, that were imbued with energy and resilience.