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Burning Bright

  • John Steinbeck

3.50

2 ratings

A short novel written in an experimental blend of play and novel. The story is a simple morality play set in a circus. When an ageing man’s young wife suspects that her husband is sterile she decides to seduce his young assistant solely to become pregnant, wanting to give her husband the child he craves. When the husband discovers the truth he must come to terms with his pride.

Genres

  • Childlessness
  • Fiction
  • Experimental Fiction
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Fiction, general
  • American drama (dramatic works by one author)
  • Man-woman relationships
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About the author

  • John Steinbeck

    27 February 1902 - 20 December 1968

    3.97

    678 ratings · 293 works

Editions

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    Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing

    Feb 01, 2016

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    Methuen Publishing Ltd

    December 11, 1995

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    Penguin Classics

    November 28, 2006

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    Pan Books

    1970

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Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media

July 2003

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    Penguin Books

    1994

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    Bantam Books

    1970

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    Viking Press

    1950-11

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    Penguin Books Ltd

    January 18, 2001

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    A. Bonnier

    1951

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    Bongāh-e Matbūʻātī-ye Moravvej

    1954

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    Bantam Books, Inc.

    1950

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    Bantam Books

    1970-01-01

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    Bantam Press

    1962-01-01

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    Bantam Press

    1962

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    Humanitas

    1952

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    Gyldendal

    1951

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    Bantam Books, Inc.

    1962-01-01

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    Viking Press

    1950-01-01

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    Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated

    2002

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    Penguin Books, Limited

    2001

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    1951

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    Bilgi Yayinevi

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    Tandem Library

    May 1994

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    Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag

    1986

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    Mandarin

    1995

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    Penguin Books

    1986

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    Viking Adult

    January 1, 1950

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    Penguin Books

    1979

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    Heinemann

    1951

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    Heinemann

    1967

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    Penguin Books

    2006

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    Mandarin

    1991

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    Acting ed.

    Dramatists Play Service

    1951

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    Diana Verlag

    1960

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    Heinemann

    1951

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    Penguin Books

    1986

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    Heinemann

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    Heinemann

    1970

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    New Ed edition

    Mandarin

    July 4, 1991