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Stories / Джон Стейнбек. Рассказы
Книга представляет собой сборник рассказов известного американского писателя Джона Стейнбека. Тексты рассказов подверглись незначительной адаптации и снабжены постраничным комментарием, поясняющим сложные грамматические конструкции, идиоматические обороты, необычное словоупотребление. Пособие содержит также упражнения для отработки и закрепления навыков речевой деятельности, словарь и предназначено широкому кругу лиц, изучающих английский язык под руководством преподавателя или самостоятельно.
Содержание
How Edith McGillcuddy met R.L.S (иллюстратор: И. Сокуров)
Saint Katy the virgin
Breakfast
The raid
The worried bartender
The story of an elf
The cottage that wasn`t there
Travels with Charley
Список имен и географических названий Справочные Материалы
Vocabulary
Содержание
How Edith McGillcuddy met R.L.S (иллюстратор: И. Сокуров)
Saint Katy the virgin
Breakfast
The raid
The worried bartender
The story of an elf
The cottage that wasn`t there
Travels with Charley
Список имен и географических названий Справочные Материалы
Vocabulary
160 pages
About the author
John Steinbeck
779 books22.8k followersJohn Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
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