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Published: 23rd October 2000
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The Grapes of Wrath
By (Author) John Steinbeck
Introduction by Robert DeMott
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
23rd October 2000
7th September 2000
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary
813.52
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Paperback
528
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
362g
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Penguin Modern Classics Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit.
Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.