The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses …
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The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California along with thousands of other "Okies" seeking jobs, land, dignity, and a future. The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy. A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was released in 1940.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 8488
- BNF ID:
- 119421113
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The grapes of wrath
578 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 1993 by Knopf, Distributed by Random House.
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- 978-0-679-42040-8Copied ISBN!
The grapes of wrath
502 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 1976 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-004239-9Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
electronic resource
English language
Published Feb. 7, 2006 by Penguin Group (USA), Inc..
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- 978-1-4362-4148-9Copied ISBN!
GRAPES OF WRATH 1939 1ST ED APRIL SECOND PRINTING BEFORE PUBLICATION
hardcover, 619 pages
Published Aug. 28, 1939 by The Viking Press (1939).
Grapes of Wrath
audio cd
Published Aug. 28, 2001
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- 978-1-4025-3087-6Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck "Essentials")
544 pages
Published April 26, 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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- 978-0-14-029292-3Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published Feb. 1, 1999 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-028162-0Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published July 9, 1990
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- 978-0-7493-9155-3Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published July 9, 2009
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- 978-0-230-03105-0Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published March 9, 1974 by Heinemann.
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- 978-0-434-74003-1Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published July 9, 1992
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-018640-6Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
English language
Published July 9, 2011 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-241-95247-4Copied ISBN!
The Grapes of Wrath
Hardcover, 608 pages
English language
Published March 20, 2001 by Longman.
- OCLC Number:
- 59511950
Grapes of Wrath, The
mp3 cd
Published April 26, 2016 by L.A. Theatre Works MP3-CD from Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-5226-0983-4Copied ISBN!
The grapes of wrath
English language
Published July 9, 1993
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- 978-1-85715-154-1Copied ISBN!
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