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John Steinbeck used the opening line for the title of his novel The Winter of Our Discontent. The phrase "Winter of Discontent" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for ...
The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare 's Richard III : "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York" .
Now is the Winter of our Discontent", a famous line in Shakespeare's play Richard III; Winter of Discontent, a 2012 Egyptian drama directed by Ibrahim El Batout; The Winter of Discontent (The Generators), a 2006 album by The Generators; Winter of Discontent, a 1941 novel by Gilber Frankau
Captain Gilbert Frankau (21 April 1884 – 4 November 1952) was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse (he was a war poet of World War I), including a number of verse novels, and short stories.
Although the committee believed Steinbeck's best work was behind him by 1962, committee member Anders Österling believed the release of his novel The Winter of Our Discontent showed that "after some signs of slowing down in recent years, [Steinbeck has] regained his position as a social truth-teller [and is an] authentic realist fully equal to ...
The days are short and the nights are long. That can only mean one thing: The winter solstice is coming. The first day of winter for the northern hemisphere of Earth will begin on Dec. 21 at ...
Iambic pentameter (/ aɪ ˌ æ m b ɪ k p ɛ n ˈ t æ m ɪ t ər / eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama.The term describes the rhythm, or meter, established by the words in each line.
Julia first saw it from the TikTok audio clip of Taylor Holmes reading Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Boots”, which became popular after the recent trailer for Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later.