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The Grapes of Wrath

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141185064

  • Length: 528  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 362g

  • RRP: £9.99

The Grapes of Wrath

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.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141185064

  • Length: 528  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 362g

  • RRP: £9.99

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About the Author

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

John Steinbeck

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