Steinbeck
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- proper noun
- /ˈstaɪnbɛk/
- I love the John Steinbeck reference to Of Mice and Men that takes place here.
- John Steinbeck
- Steinbeck's novel
- Steinbeck's Of Mice
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Watch on YouTubeIt is so hard to choose one but I think I'm going to go with John Steinbeck because I read Ace of Eden by him and really loved it, especially the first half.
- It is so hard to choose one but I think I'm going to go with John Steinbeck because I read Ace of Eden by him and really loved it, especially the first half.
- And I, I had a great professor and I fell in love with Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Dos Pasos, all the Faulkner, all the Great American authors from there.
- Instead, this is what Professor Miralis taught Steinbeck in his words Quote.
Examples
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"And it is not true," Steinbeck wrote, "that a species thus attacked comes back."
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"Our fingers turned over the stones," Steinbeck wrote, "and we saw life that was like our life."
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"Everyone who has seen them has been delighted with them," Steinbeck wrote.
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A walk down memory lane with John Steinbeck in the days of the Great Depression.
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Steinbeck said that nature put a desert in front of California to test a man.
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Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a story of friendship and hardship.
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez and Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck.
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Her tastes ran the gamut from Steinbeck and Hemingway to Grisham and King.
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One such downturn doomed the sardine industry of Monterey's Cannery Row, immortalized in John Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.
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"I am currently teaching John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men to my students, and they love it."
Synonyms
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An American writer who wrote novels about poor farm workers and working class people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Steinbeck comes from German parts stein 'stone' and beck 'brook', so it originally meant someone who lived by a 'stone brook'. As the famous author Steinbeck, the name's image of land and water can help you remember his stories about farms, workers and long journeys across the countryside.