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Cannery Row

Cannery Row

Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist; and Mack, the leader of a group of derelicts.


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“Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.”

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Source: Cannery Row

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“Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.”

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Source: Cannery Row

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