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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instanceOf	novel →
adaptedAs	The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film) → opera → radio drama → stage play →
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 →
filmDirector	John Ford →
filmStar	Henry Fonda → Jane Darwell →
followsFamily	Joad family →
genre	historical fiction → political novel → realist novel → social novel →
includedIn	Modern Library 100 best novels list → Time 100 best English-language novels list →
literaryMovement	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 → Oklahoma →
publicationYear	1939 →
publisher	The Viking Press →
setIn	Hoovervilles → 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 →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jim Casy → Joad family → Ma Joad → Pa Joad → Rose of Sharon Joad → Tom Joad →	appearsIn
Darryl F. Zanuck → Henry Fonda → Jane Darwell → John Ford → John Ford → John Steinbeck →	notableWork
Jim Casy → Joad family → Ma Joad → Pa Joad → Tom Joad →	firstAppearance
Joad family ("The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)") → Joad family ("The Grapes of Wrath (stage adaptations)") →	featuredInAdaptation
In Dubious Battle → Of Mice and Men →	followedBy
The Grapes of Wrath ("The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)") →	adaptedAs
Jane Darwell ("The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)") →	appearedIn
Jane Darwell →	awardReceivedFor
Jim Casy →	diesIn
John Ford →	directed
Dust Bowl →	documentedIn
Rose of Sharon Joad →	fictionalUniverse
Tom Joad ("The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)") →	hasAdaptation
American literature →	hasNotableWork
The Ghost of Tom Joad →	inspiredBy
Rose of Sharon Joad →	isPregnantIn
Gregg Toland →	nominatedForWork
Darryl F. Zanuck →	produced
Ma Joad ("The Grapes of Wrath (film adaptation)") →	relatedWork
Gregg Toland →	workedOn