John Steinbeck

Based on the epic novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck....

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured...

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a...

I Cannery Row skildrer Steinbeck forholdene i den lille californiske byen Monterey. Mesteparten av romanens handling utspiller seg på gaten Cannery Row, som bl. a. huser byens store hermetikkfabrikk, bordelleier Doras ’etablissement’ og kjøpmann Lee Chongs butikk....

Au cœur de l’Oklahoma des années 1930, les petits exploitants agricoles se font racheter de force leurs terres et se retrouvent aux abois. Mais, miracle...

"Cup of Gold" by John Steinbeck is a historical novel that follows the life of Henry Morgan, a Welshman who becomes one of the most notorious pirates of the Caribbean.

En Californie, pendant la Grande Crise, Lennie et George vont de ferme en ferme. Ils louent leurs bras en attendant le jour où ils auront leur ferme à eux...

A collection of newspaper articles about Dust Bowl migrants in California’s Central Valley by the author of The Grapes of Wrath....

Vredens druvor är en modern vandringssägen från 1930-talet om Oklahomas skuldsatta bönder, som drivs bort från sin jord och som lockas av reklamen till Kalifornien, där de utnyttjas....

Øst for paradis er Steinbecks store dramatiske slægtsroman over tre generationer, hvor det gode kæmper mod det onde, som det er skildret i myten om Kain og Abel....

I Mexico, i nærheten av Mexicogolfen, lever perlefiskeren Kino en fattig, men forholdsvis lykkelig tilværelse sammen med konen Juana og den vesle sønnen deres Coyotito. En skjebnesvanger dag blir Coyotito stukket av en skorpion....

John Steinbeck’s first novel, and his only work of historical fiction, is loosely inspired by Sir Henry Morgan, the infamous pirate of the 1650s and 60s. Captain Morgan was a legendary and notorious man who struck terror into the hearts of men, in service of his personal ambitions.

George a Lennie spolu putují za prací od jednoho kalifornského ranče k druhému. Ačkoli se píší 30. léta 20. století a chudý zemědělský dělník by si...

In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career. Each of these...

Mus og Mænd er den tragiske historie om de to venner George og Lennie, der vandrer fra ranch til ranch i Californien i håb om at finde arbejde under Den Store Depression i 1930’erne....

I Et mægtigt gilde skildrer Steinbeck forholdene i den lille californiske by Monterey. Størstedelen af romanens handling udspiller sig i gaden Cannery Row, som bl.a. huser byens store....

Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside--and betrayal born within the close-knit community. Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germanyâ's power, this masterful fable uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war--and...

Steinbeckâ€s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survivalPublished in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual...

Vredens druer er en moderne folkevandringssaga fra 30'erne om Oklahomas forgældede bønder, der drives fra deres jord og af reklamen lokkes til Californien....