Cannery row
Readers rate it 4.1 (303 on Hardcover)
181 pages · Released 2002 · Penguin Books
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A note for parents
Cannery Row is a classic American novel set during the Great Depression, offering a compassionate portrait of life in a working-class community. While the prose is accessible, the mature themes—including casual drinking, adult situations, and some rough language—along with Steinbeck's sophisticated narrative style and occasional darker moments make it better suited to older teens. The book celebrates human resilience and community bonds despite hardship, though readers need some life experience to fully appreciate its nuances.
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Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there. Steinbeck revisited these characters and this milieu nine... Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there. Steinbeck revisited these characters and this milieu nine years later in his novel Sweet Thursday. ---------- Also contained in: - [The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men][1] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23165W/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_The_Moon_is_Down_Cannery_Row_East_of_Eden_Of_Mice_and_Men
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- Community life
- Fiction
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- American fiction
- Reading Level-Grade 11
- Reading Level-Grade 10
- Reading Level-Grade 12
- Monterey (calif.), fiction
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Social Marginality
- Vida en comunidad
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ISBN 9780142000687 · Penguin Books