The Winter of Our Discontent (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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ISBN: 0140187537 / Publisher: Penguin Classics, April 1996
A New Englander learns the bitter lesson that it is not possible to be a little dishonest
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Ethan Hawley, a descendant of proud New England sea captains, works as a clerk in the grocery store owned by an Italian immigrant. His wife is restless; his teenaged children are troubled and discontented, hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.
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