The Grapes of Wrath
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Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Courage triumphs in the face of adversity in John Steinbeck’s timeless novel. At the height of the Great Depression, the Joad family is forced off their Oklahoma farm and head to California in search of fertile fields and good wages. Unfortunately, the Joads find themselves competing for survival with thousands of other Dust Bowl migrants, abused and exploited at every turn. Despite all the hardship they endure on their journey, the Joad family treats the other troubled souls they encounter with generosity and kindness. Steinbeck’s themes of prejudice, immigration, and class division still feel startlingly relevant, but, with its lush prose and rich symbolism, The Grapes of Wrath is primarily a novel whose beauty you can get lost in. This classic story about the persistence and power of human dignity will stay with you long after you finish it.
Customer Reviews
The Grapes of Wrath
This book should be required reading in all North American high schools so the youth of tomorrow understand what our predecessors went through so we are able to have what we ha v e. today!