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Burning BrightJohn Steinbeck
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Burning Bright

111 pagesFirst published 195015 editions · 2 languages
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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.

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
AudiobookRecorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing201619781664617155
EditionPenguin Classics20061289780143039440
EditionTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media2003—9780606286381
EditionDramatists Play Service, Incorporated2002—9780822215981
EditionPenguin Books, Limited2001—9780141922980
EditionPenguin Books Ltd20011129780141186061
EditionMandarin19951029780749317751
EditionPenguin Books1994939780140187427
EditionTandem Library1994—9780613708340
EditionMandarin19911029780749303983
Edition · gerDeutscher Taschenbuch Verlag1986—9783423105217
EditionPenguin Books1986869780140049992
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ChildlessnessFictionExperimental FictionFiction, generalMan-woman relationshipsAmerican fiction