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East of Eden is an acclaimed American epic by John Steinbeck. Published in 1952, the novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families in the fertile Salinas Valley of California. This sprawling saga spans multiple generations as the characters grapple with themes of depravity, love, acceptance, and the capacity for self-destruction.
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East of Eden
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17,986
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15,903
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15,897
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why have I avoided this Beautiful Book???
- By Kelly on 03-25-17
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East of Eden
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-15-11
- Language: English
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Of Mice and Men
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,403
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,887
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,862
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....
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5 out of 5 stars
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KETCHUP
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-11-17
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Of Mice and Men
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-13-11
- Language: English
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The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,844
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,350
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,311
Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- By P. Minor on 07-18-14
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The Grapes of Wrath
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-15-11
- Language: English
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The Pearl
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Hector Elizondo
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,866
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,590
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,593
In this short book illuminated by a deep understanding and love of humanity, John Steinbeck retells an old Mexican folk tale....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Stay poor
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 10-31-11
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The Pearl
- Narrated by: Hector Elizondo
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-15-11
- Language: English
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,535
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,854
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,853
In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gary Sinise is fantastic!
- By C. Wilson on 01-11-17
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-15-11
- Language: English
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The Winter of Our Discontent
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,096
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,097
The final novel of one of America’s most beloved writers - a tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis. A Penguin Classic In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Memorable characters, great narration, POOR AUDIO
- By Sam D. on 05-18-16
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The Winter of Our Discontent
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-25-12
- Language: English
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Cannery Row
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Jerry Farden
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,458
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,977
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,960
Here is Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survival....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Five stars with a Caveat
- By Bette on 04-23-12
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Cannery Row
- Narrated by: Jerry Farden
- Series: Cannery Row, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-13-11
- Language: English
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Tortilla Flat
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,044
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 901
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 905
Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a Camelot on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Book
- By LTCKEL on 09-06-14
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Tortilla Flat
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-13-11
- Language: English
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The Pastures of Heaven
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 286
Today, nearly 40 years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden, mythical America
- By Dan Harlow on 07-07-13
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The Pastures of Heaven
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-01-13
- Language: English
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Bombs Away
- The Story of a Bomber Team
- By: John Steinbeck, James H. Meredith - introduction
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America's great 20th-century writers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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History
- By Charlie on 10-16-24
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Bombs Away
- The Story of a Bomber Team
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-05-16
- Language: English
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- A Fabrication
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert E. Morsberger - introduction, Katherine Morsberger - introduction
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Political Satire at its Best!
- By Matthew G. Lara on 03-01-20
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- A Fabrication
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-19-16
- Language: English
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America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
In addition to the complete text of America and Americans, this volume brings together for the first time more than 50 of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really good Steinbeck journalism.....no kidding!
- By Doug on 07-26-14
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America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-01-13
- Language: English
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The Harvest Gypsies
- On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
A collection of newspaper articles about Dust Bowl migrants in California’s Central Valley by the author of The Grapes of Wrath....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye Opening
- By John Richburg on 06-05-21
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The Harvest Gypsies
- On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-06-20
- Language: English
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Once There Was a War
- By: John Steinbeck, Mark Bowden - editor
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 330
In his dispatches, Steinbeck focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour and even fighting alongside soldiers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The greatest war story(ies) ever told
- By Robert Achenbach on 07-16-15
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Once There Was a War
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-28-14
- Language: English
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Journal of a Novel
- The East of Eden Letters
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just go read or listen to East of Eden
- By S. Sweeney on 06-29-22
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Journal of a Novel
- The East of Eden Letters
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-16-21
- Language: English
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The Wayward Bus
- By: John Steinbeck, Gary Schamhorst - introduction
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 800
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 714
John Steinbeck's vision comes wonderfully to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's back roads....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Steinbeck always touches the heart, makes you feel
- By Kelly on 05-08-17
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The Wayward Bus
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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East of Eden
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck, David Wyatt - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Manyonda
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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MUST READ
- By Anonymous User on 03-08-22
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East of Eden
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Simon Manyonda
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 02-24-22
- Language: English
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A Russian Journal
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 183
Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Interesting
- By Jean on 12-04-14
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A Russian Journal
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-13-14
- Language: English
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The Long Valley
- By: John Steinbeck, John H. Timmerman - introduction
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 197
A Penguin Classic. First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Generally Good Stories, Some are Great
- By Michael on 06-18-13
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The Long Valley
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-01-12
- Language: English
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Of Mice and Men
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Billy Howle
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Drifters in search of work, George and simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreaking
- By Paul on 05-18-23
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Of Mice and Men
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Billy Howle
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 07-15-21
- Language: English
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