The Grapes of WrathThe Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics. This Penguin Classicsedition contains an introduction and notes by Steinbeck scholar Robert Demott. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
What people are saying - Write a review
User ratings
5 stars |
| ||
4 stars |
| ||
3 stars |
| ||
2 stars |
| ||
1 star |
|
LibraryThing Review
User Review - John_Warner - LibraryThingSome have classified this quintessential 20th century American literary classic as historical fiction, but it isn't. Steinbeck was so moved by the contemporary plight of the refugees from the Dust ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - PDCRead - LibraryThingThis is a powerful book about a period of American history seen through the eyes of a simple family from Oklahoma. The is tremendous economic and environmental hardship at the time the book is set ... Read full review
Contents
I | ix |
II | xlvii |
III | lix |
IV | lxi |
V | 1 |
VI | 5 |
VII | 14 |
VIII | 17 |
XIX | 153 |
XX | 163 |
XXI | 193 |
XXII | 201 |
XXIII | 231 |
XXIV | 240 |
XXV | 282 |
XXVI | 285 |
IX | 31 |
X | 40 |
XI | 61 |
XII | 67 |
XIII | 86 |
XIV | 90 |
XV | 115 |
XVI | 118 |
XVII | 123 |
XVIII | 150 |
XXVII | 325 |
XXVIII | 331 |
XXIX | 346 |
XXX | 350 |
XXXI | 406 |
XXXII | 409 |
XXXIII | 432 |
XXXIV | 436 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ahead ain't ain't gonna arms aroun asked beside better California called camp can't Casy cause close cotton dark didn don't door dropped dust eyes face feet fella field fingers fire folks front girl give goin gonna Grampa Granma Grapes of Wrath ground hand head hear held hell highway Jesus Joad keep kids land light listened live looked mouth moved never nice night nothin pick piece preacher pulled road Rose of Sharon Ruthie says Seems seen side sleep slowly somepin Steinbeck stepped stood stopped stuff Sure talk tell tent there's They's thing took truck turned Uncle John walked watched What's Winfield Yeah