Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope inOf Mice and Men, to the tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society inCannery Row, toThe Pearl's examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck stories of realism, that were imbued with energy and resilience.