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The Long Valley is a collection of short fiction by John Steinbeck. Most of the stories appeared originally in literary periodicals, and were first collected by Viking Press in 1938.
May 3, 2010 · All these moods and tones are in the sixteen tales of The Long Valley; and they are there without spoiling the book's essential unity.
Aug 1, 1995 · Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s...
Dec 9, 2021 · xxxi, 233 pages ; 19 cm. Presents a collection of short stories, including "The Murder," "The Chrysanthemums," "Flight," and "The Red Pony." Previously published: 1938. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx)
The Long Valley, an anthology of twelve short stories by American author John Steinbeck, was released in 1939, the same year as the novel that is often considered his magnum opus, The Grapes of Wrath.
These early short stories were first published in a collection in 1938. They are an unusual and diverse group of stories all set in the Long Valley where Steinbeck was raised, wrote, and lived his life. The Long Valley goes from the mountains east of Salinas to Monterey and the ocean on the central coast of CA.
The story opens with a description of the surrounding Salinas Valley and narrows in on Elisa Allen pruning last year's chrysanthemums as she notices Henry talking with two men in business suits. Elisa, who is thirty-five, is described in masculine terms.
