The Winter of Our Discontent (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) - Steinbeck, John

The Winter of Our Discontent (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Steinbeck, John

Format: Trade Paperback

Published by Penguin Classics, 1996

The main character of Steinbeck's final book, Ethan Allen Hawley, is a clerk at a grocery shop that his ancestors formerly ran. Ethan's wife is restless now that he is no longer a member of Long Island's aristocratic society, and his teenagers are pining for the enticing material comforts he is unable to supply. Then, one day, in the midst of a moral dilemma, Ethan makes the decision to relax his own stringent standards.