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John Steinbeck / The Long Valley / Plot Synopsi

s   John Steinbeck  The Long Valley Plot Synopsis "The Chrysanthemums" Elisa Allen, the protagonist of "The Chrysanthemums," Steinbeck's most frequently anthologized short story, gardens on the foothills ranch she shares with her husband, Henry Allen.  The story opens with a description of the surrounding Salinas Valley and narrows in on Elisa Allen pruning last year's chrysanthemums as she notices Henry talking with two men in business suits.  Elisa, who is thirty-five, is described in masculine terms.  She is "lean and strong" and "looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes […] Her face was eager and mature and handsome". After Henry finishes his conversation, he approaches and compliments Elisa on...

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John Steinbeck / The Long Valley / Plot Synopsi

s   John Steinbeck  The Long Valley Plot Synopsis "The Chrysanthemums" Elisa Allen, the protagonist of "The Chrysanthemums," Steinbeck's most frequently anthologized short story, gardens on the foothills ranch she shares with her husband, Henry Allen.  The story opens with a description of the surrounding Salinas Valley and narrows in on Elisa Allen pruning last year's chrysanthemums as she notices Henry talking with two men in business suits.  Elisa, who is thirty-five, is described in masculine terms.  She is "lean and strong" and "looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes […] Her face was eager and mature and handsome". After Henry finishes his conversation, he approaches and compliments Elisa on...

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