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The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
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 Centennial edition, specially designed to commemorate one hundred years of Steinbeck, features french flaps and deckle-edged pages.
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.

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  • Release date

    March 28, 2006

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781440637124

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781440637124
      • File size: 1247 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 430
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 1-3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      September 13, 2024

      Gr 8 Up-Steinbeck received the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for this saga of the Joad family-his first full-length novel-based on the historic migration of poor farmers from the Midwest to the West Coast during the Depression. With their meager savings, the Joads, forced off their land and ancestral home in Oklahoma by drought, crop failure, and debt, buy a worn-out old truck for the long journey that son Al, 16, proudly takes responsibility for as lead driver and mechanic. Big brother Tom (who's just served four years in prison on a manslaughter charge) channels his fiery energy into helping the family get to California, even though he breaks parole to do it. They love him and need him, but fear for his safety and know deep down his uncertain fate jeopardizes their own. This is just one of the tensions typical of Steinbeck's deeply emotional and gripping classic, a tale readers won't soon forget. The novel develops around the actions of the family members as they try to survive and maintain some semblance of human dignity in such squalid surroundings. The work provides material for the study of theme, characterization, the use of symbolism, and allegory. These topics should stimulate student response to a variety of issues, among them the plight of the downtrodden, man's inhumanity to man, and the strength of the human spirit. VERDICT Students will enjoy this harsh but beautiful story of a family in crisis bound together by their belief in their right to a better life.-Georgia Christgau & NCTE Database

      Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.9
  • Lexile® Measure:430
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:1-3

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