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Steinbeck'snovelscanallbeclassifiedassocialnovelsdealingwiththeeconomicproblemsofrurallabour,butthereisalsoastreakofworshipofthesoilinhisbooks.AftertheroughandearthyhumorofTortillaFlat,hemovedontomoreseriousfiction,oftenaggressiveinitssocialcriticism.In1936InDubiousBattlewaspublished.ThiswasfollowedbyOfMiceandMen,andaseriesofadmirableshortstoriescollectedinTheLongValley.In1939hepublishedwhatisconsideredhisbestwork,TheGrapesofWrath.AmonghislaterworksshouldbementionedEastofEden,TheWinterofOurDiscontent,andTravelswithCharley.JohnSteinbeckwasawardedTheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1962,"forhisrealisticandimaginativewritings,combiningastheydosympathetichumourandkeensocialperception."