Not Your Mum's but John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums"

"The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck was published in 1937 and is hailed as a Classic American short story. It focuses on the Allen's - a farm family - and Elisa Allen as she tends to her chrysanthemums and encounters a peddler who wants a few of her flowers. In this episode, Hannah and Jon discuss the many symbolic meanings of the chrysanthemums, the seller and his ominous nature.

Join in as Jon and Hannah begin the New Year with this saucy tale and bring up a different meaning behind flowers. Jon talks a lot about John Steinbeck's other works, and his inspirations for many of his writings, while Hannah comes pretty close to spoiling the ending to Of Mice and Men. Jon brings up another American author and "the iceberg theory" and no, it is neither the lettuce, nor the sinking mechanism of the Titanic.

Steinbeck's history was obtained from "Seagull Book of Stories" an anthology edited by Joseph Kelly.

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