The Long Valley

The Long Valley

First edition
Author	John Steinbeck
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	1938
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)

The Long Valley is a collection of short stories written by the American author John Steinbeck. The collection was first published in 1938.^[1] It comprises 12 short stories.

The short stories were written over several years and are set in Steinbeck's birthplace, the Salinas Valley in California. They include the prize-winning tale The Murder; The Chrysanthemums; the representation of lynch mob violence in The Vigilante, inspired by the lynching of the confessed murderers of Brooke Hart; and the classic Red Pony tales. Many of the stories were published previously. The "Red Pony" was written in 1933 and published in Reader's Digest.^[2]

Stories

• "The Chrysanthemums"
• "The White Quail"
• "Flight"
• "The Snake"
• "Breakfast"
• "The Raid"
• "The Harness"
• "The Vigilante"
• "Johnny Bear"
• "The Red Pony"
• "The Murder"
• "Saint Katy the Virgin"

References

1. The Long Valley, Western Washington University, Accessed November 2007
2. Introduction to John Steinbeck, The Long Valley, John Timmerman, Penguin Publishing, 1995

Further reading

• Busch, Christopher S. "Longing for the Lost Frontier: Steinbeck's Vision of Cultural Decline in 'The White Quail' and 'The Chrysanthemums'." Steinbeck Quarterly 26.03-04 (Summer/Fall 1993): 81-90.
• Pellow, C. Kenneth. "'The Chrysanthemums' Revisited." Steinbeck Quarterly 22.01-02 (Winter/Spring 1989): 8-16.
• Renner, Stanley. "Mary Teller and Sue Bridehead: Birds of a Feather in 'The White Quail' and Jude the Obscure." Steinbeck Quarterly 18.01-02 (Winter/Spring 1985): 35-45.
• Renner, Stanley. "Sexual Idealism and Violence in 'The White Quail'." Steinbeck Quarterly 17.03-04 (Summer/Fall 1985): 76-87.
• Ware, Elaine. "Struggle for Survival: Parallel Theme and Techniques in Steinbeck's 'Flight' and Norris's 'McTeague'." Steinbeck Quarterly 21.03-04 (Summer/Fall 1988): 96-103.

External links

• Penguin Classics - The Long Valley