The Winter of Our Discontent

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The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1961 novel by John Steinbeck that explores moral decline and the corrupting influence of the American pursuit of success through the story of a disillusioned Long Island man.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationFormat television film ⓘ
adaptationNetwork CBS ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1983 ⓘ
author John Steinbeck ⓘ
character Alfio Marullo ⓘ
Allen Hawley ⓘ
Danny Taylor ⓘ
Ellen Hawley ⓘ
Ethan Allen Hawley ⓘ
Margie Young-Hunt ⓘ
Mary Hawley ⓘ
Mr. Baker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception mixed to positive ⓘ
examines conflict between personal ethics and social success ⓘ
explores the corrupting influence of the pursuit of success ⓘ
followsInAuthorBibliography The Short Reign of Pippin IV ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Winter of Our Discontent (1983 television film) ⓘ
hasISBN 9780140187537 ⓘ
hasMottoOrRecurringLine "I must not think bad thoughts" ⓘ
includedIn John Steinbeck's later works ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism
mainCharacter Ethan Allen Hawley ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor being John Steinbeck's last novel ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 288 ⓘ
precedesInAuthorBibliography Travels with Charley ⓘ
protagonistFormerOccupation owner of a family grocery store ⓘ
protagonistOccupation grocery store clerk ⓘ
protagonistTrait disillusioned ⓘ
publicationDate 1961 ⓘ
publisher Viking Press ⓘ
linked to: The Viking Press
setInLocation New England ⓘ
fictional town of New Baytown ⓘ
setInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
settingType small coastal town ⓘ
theme American Dream ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ
integrity ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
moral decline ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ
titleOrigin line from William Shakespeare's play Richard III ⓘ

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John Steinbeck → notableWork → The Winter of Our Discontent ⓘ
subject linked to: John
The Winter of Our Discontent → hasAdaptation → The Winter of Our Discontent (1983 television film) ⓘ
linked to: The Winter of Our Discontent
Tuesday Weld → notableWork → The Winter of Our Discontent ⓘ
subject linked to: Weld
Out Cold → basedOn → The Winter of Our Discontent (uncredited inspiration from Casablanca-style plot) ⓘ
subject linked to: feature film "Out Cold"
linked to: The Winter of Our Discontent
Gerald Di Pego → notableWork → The Winter of Our Discontent (TV film) ⓘ
linked to: The Winter of Our Discontent