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ISBN: 9780140292923 - The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

ISBN: 9780140292923
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
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Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian life, this title tells the story 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.

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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.
 
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