约翰·斯坦贝克(John Steinbeck,1902—1968)、福克纳和海明威被誉为美国现代文学史上最杰出的三位小说家。斯坦贝克在美国现代文学领域备受关注,他的作品主要以小说为主,并于1962年获得了诺贝尔文学奖。人们对斯坦贝克的作品研究大多聚焦在他的中、长篇小说上,但事实上作为四次欧·亨利短篇小 John Steinbeck (1902-1968), Faulkner and Hemingway are hailed as the three most prominent novelists in the history of modern American literature. Steinbeck has drawn much attention in the field of American modern literature. His works are mainly novels and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Most of Steinbeck’s works are focused on his novels and novels, but in fact, as the fourth European Henry short story