The Grapes of Wrath
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Steinbeck’s classic novel of the Great Depression is as vivid now as ever. The story focuses on a family of Oklahoma sharecroppers, farmers who work another man’s land for a share of the crops. Driven from their home by drought and poverty they take to the road in a battered old truck and make their way to California to look for work. When they arrive they find hundreds of others like them being forced to work for breadline wages. they begin working as fruit pickers, strike-breakers replacing the people who have been trying to establish a union but their consciences force them to leave.
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About The Grapes of Wrath
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
The Grapes of Wrath is by John Steinbeck. The catalogue records its first publication in 1939. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is The Grapes of Wrath?
The catalogue records 544 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
