Cannery Row | Cannery Row

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Author: John Steinbeck
First Published: 1945
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Sentimental
Time of Work: c.1940
Setting: A fishing village near Monterey, California
Genres: Long fiction, Character study
Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Prostitution or prostitutes, Depression, economic, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, California, West, U.S., Adventure, Pacific Northwest, Fishing or fishermen
Locales: Monterey, CA

Doc, the owner and operator of Western Biological Laboratory. He was graduated from the University of Chicago. Doc is small, strong, and wiry, and he loves science, beer, women, classical music, books, and prints. He is a thoroughly civilized man and the acknowledged, but unofficial, “mayor” of Cannery Row in Monterey. He is a fountain of wisdom, philosophy, and sometimes medical and psychiatric advice. Doc has a pointed brown beard and is described as half Christ and half satyr. Doc has a fear of getting his head wet. He is beloved by all but is...

Cannery Row | Cannery Row

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