They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if i… - John Steinbeck

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They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyay. Kino sighed with satisfaction — and that was conversation.

John Steinbeck

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John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (27 February 1902 – 20 December 1968) was an American writer. A recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, his works include the novella Of Mice and Men (1937) and the novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1940), both of which examine the lives of the working class and migrant workers during the Great Depression.

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Birth Name: Jeffery Ernest Steinbeck

Alternative Names: John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. • John Ernst Steinbeck • John Ernest Steinbeck • John Ernst Steinbeck Jr • Steinbeck

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They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyay. Kino sighed with satisfaction — and that was conversation. - John Steinbeck

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