John Steinbeck
3) The pearl
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A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
5) Cannery row
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Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world, where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works.
6) The red pony
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Ownership of a beautiful red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.
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In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears, from Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter....
12) Of mice and men
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Best friends Lennie and George, take a job at the Tyler Ranch, but their simple world is ripped apart by tragedy when there is an accidental death.
13) The Red pony
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The story of conflict between a nine year old boy, his father and the family's hired man. The father has married into a ranch family and he cannot adjust to ranch life after having been a teacher.
14) Of mice and men
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Tells the story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife.