John Steinbeck Series: the Troubled Winter
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About This Novel
"The Troubled Winter" is an important result of Steinbeck's new exploration in his later period of creation. In this novel, he describes how a man from a New England family changed from a kind and sincere person to a snob who abandoned his ideals under the pressure of reality. The novel ruthlessly but truly shows the transformation process of human nature in capitalist society. "The Winter of Troubles" was first published in 1961. It is one of Steinbeck's works that is most closely related to real life. It powerfully exposes and criticizes the ills of capitalist society, the coldness of relationships between people, and the distortion of human nature at a new height and depth. It has been praised by many critics, especially the judges of the Swedish Academy. It left a deep impression on the judges of the Swedish Academy. They believed that Steinbeck had returned to the high level when he wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" and contributed greatly to his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature the following year.
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