#195 in Classics
The Winter of Our Discontent
- 304
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Winter of Our Discontent”, Steinbeck’s last novel, is a searching book about money, pride and what it takes to remain a good man. Set in Sag Harbor on the East Coast, it sets legality against morality through introspective prose and close character study. Some readers need a while to get into it; others find the narrator’s narrow outlook hard to live with. A novel for readers content to leave a moral question open.
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About the book
The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". It is Steinbeck's only work to take place entirely on the East Coast of the United States; it is primarily set in Sag Harbor, New York.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 80 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 8 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 72 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Winter of Our Discontent?
It has 304 pages — longer than 63% of the ranked books in Classics.
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