The Grapes of Wrath

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novel

The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark 1939 novel that follows the Joad family’s harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California, exposing the human cost of economic hardship and social injustice during the Great Depression.

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The Grapes of Wrath canonical 69
The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film) 7
The Grapes of Wrath (1939 novel) 5

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opera ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
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author John Steinbeck ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
awardYear 1940 ⓘ
contributedTo John Steinbeck Nobel Prize in Literature citation ⓘ
controversy banned and challenged in some U.S. communities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmDirector John Ford ⓘ
filmStar Henry Fonda ⓘ
Jane Darwell ⓘ
followsFamily Joad family ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
includedIn Modern Library ⓘ
surface form: Modern Library 100 best novels list

Time 100 best English-language novels list ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism

social protest literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Jim Casy ⓘ
Ma Joad ⓘ
Pa Joad ⓘ
Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ
Tom Joad ⓘ
narrativeFocus Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Dust Bowl migrants ⓘ
intercalary chapters ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
primarySetting California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Oklahoma ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher The Viking Press ⓘ
setIn Hoovervilles ⓘ
U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
surface form: Route 66

migrant labor camps ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
theme collective action ⓘ
dignity of the poor ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
family solidarity ⓘ
labor exploitation ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ

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