I agree. I read so much Steinbeck when I was young, but this was the only one I truly appreciated at the time. When I read him as an older person, I appreciated the rest of them.
Cliff Notes for Steinbeck? I never saw him as a purple writer. Other than Twain and O.Henry, he’s the only American classic writer who’s complete works are on my book shelf.
Only the grapes are purple. The joke is–they’re angry because they see the Cliff’s Notes, not the novel.
I have Cliff’s Notes (or Monarch Notes) for most of the classics I read and taught–not because I skipped the originals, but so I could identify when my students did.
Except Faulkner. I needed the Notes to help me understand his novels in the days when I was young, the library was closed in the middle of the night, and there was no Internet offering up ready literary explication and criticism 24/7.
Good book!
I agree. I read so much Steinbeck when I was young, but this was the only one I truly appreciated at the time. When I read him as an older person, I appreciated the rest of them.
AUGH! Their wrath is too grape! 🙂
It happens.
Cliff Notes for Steinbeck? I never saw him as a purple writer. Other than Twain and O.Henry, he’s the only American classic writer who’s complete works are on my book shelf.
Only the grapes are purple. The joke is–they’re angry because they see the Cliff’s Notes, not the novel.
I have Cliff’s Notes (or Monarch Notes) for most of the classics I read and taught–not because I skipped the originals, but so I could identify when my students did.
Except Faulkner. I needed the Notes to help me understand his novels in the days when I was young, the library was closed in the middle of the night, and there was no Internet offering up ready literary explication and criticism 24/7.