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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (1929) is John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of historical fiction based loosely on the life and death of 17th-century privateer Henry Morgan. It centres on Morgan's assault and sacking of Panama City (the "Cup of Gold"), and the woman (La Santa Roja, or the Red Saint) he seeks there, reputed to be fairer than the sun. As of January 1, 2025 the book is in the public domain in the United States, becoming the first of Steinbeck’s novels to no longer be under copyright. - Summary by Wikipedia

Steinbeck's first novel, a historical fiction account of Henry (Captain) Morgan. The title comes from his sacking of Panama City which was entitled "The Cup of Gold" in the era. - Summary by Kurt Papke

"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. The story begins with Henry's childhood in Wales, where he dreams of adventure and riches. He eventually leaves his home and becomes a bond servant in Barbados, where he learns about the harsh realities of life and begins to develop his ambitions.

John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968), born in Salinas, CA, was an American writer who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception."

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 toho neměl od života příliš slibovat, spřádají sny a plány, jak si za ušetřené peníze koupí malé hospodářství. Prozíravý George bude mít na starost všechno podstatné a slaboduchý hromotluk Lennie bude chovat králíky. Když se na statku seznámí s mrzákem Candym, který se k nim chce přidat, zdá se, že jsou od skutečného života jen krůček. Hubené časy však v málokom probouzí to lepší a na cestě ze dna ať nikdo pomocnou ruku nečeká.

Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game." Steinbeck's...

A její obyvatelé? To jsou hráči, děvky, umělci, prosťáčci i okouzlující pobudové. Zápletka prvního poválečného románu držitele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu, Johna Steinbecka, se točí kolem snahy povaleče Macka a jeho přátel překvapit všemi oblíbeného mořského biologa Doktora večírkem na jeho počest. Protože jsou ovšem bez peněz, musí si na ten tajný mejdan vydělat. A kdo jiný by jim mohl dát práci než právě Doktor. Naneštěstí se celá akce vymkne kontrole a je při ní zničen dům i vzácný gramofon jejich dobrodince.

Ehto roman (1939) prines gromkuyu slavu pisatelyu i stal neot"emlemym dostoyaniem mirovoy literatury. On ohvatyvaet krizisnye 30-e gody XX veka. YUgo-vostok SSHA preterpevaet katastrofu: zasuha i peschanye buri razoryayut fermerov, ch'i zemli uzhe davno zalozheny. I vot platit' uzhe nechem, i vsemogushchiy Bank prosto sgonyaet ih s zemli, vybrasyvaet iz domov, gde oni zhili neskol'ko pokoleniy. Molodoy chelovek.

This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure...

In his first novel to follow the publication of his enormous success, The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck’s vision comes wonderfully to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California’s back roads, transporting the lost and the lonely, the good and the greedy...

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...

"A postwar continuation of Cannery Row, [Sweet Thursday is] every bit as juicy and relaxed as the original. . . . This is comedy--bawdy, sentimental, and good fun.” The Atlantic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one...

From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La...

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose."--New York Herald Tribune Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a Camelot on a shabby hillside above the town of...

A riveting novel of labor strife and apocalyptic violence that maps the frontier where the masses become a mobAt once a relentlessly fast-paced, admirably observed novel of social unrest and the story of a young manâ€s struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple...

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, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position...

George und Lennie ziehen gemeinsam als Erntehelfer durchs Land. Zusammen träumen sie davon, eine kleine Farm zu besitzen und Kaninchen zu züchten. Aber so weit wird es nie kommen, denn Lennie kriegt überall Probleme. Er ist zwar bärenstark, aber geistig zurückgeblieben. Was er streicheln will, macht er mit seinen ungelenken Händen tot. Und als die junge Frau eines Gutsbesitzers ihn auffordert, sie anzufassen, ist die Katastrophe vorprogrammiert.

Den fattige fisker Kino forsørger sin kone og sin lille dreng ved at dykke efter perler på bunden af Den Mexicanske Golf. En dag finder Kino en perle på størrelse med et havmågeaeg, og fundet vaekker et håb om økonomisk sikkerhed og et løfte om et bedre liv for familien. Da nyheden om Kinos fund spreder sig i den lille by, blusser det op i grådigheden hos befolkningen, der tyer til alle midler for at få fat i Kinos perle.

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 promised land in tatters. And life is set to get much worse for the Joads....

Taugenichtse und Sonderlinge, Dirnen und Gelegenheitsarbeiter sammeln sich in der Straße der Ölsardinen im Fischerstädtchen Monterey in Kalifornien. Da sind Lee Chong, der geschäftstüchtige Ladenbesitzer, die leichten Mädchen von Doras Etablissement, Mac und seine vier Freunde, die arbeitslos, aber arbeitswillig sind. Und schließlich der Meeresbiologe Doc, der in seinem Labor experimentiert, Unmengen Bier trinkt und Schallplatten hört.