What is The Grapes of Wrath?
{{Italic title}} {{infobox Book | name = The Grapes of Wrath | author = [[John Steinbeck]] |image = The Grapes of Wrath (1939 1st ed cover).jpg |caption = (1939 1st ed cover) | cover_artist = [[Berta and Elmer Hader|Elmer Hader]] | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = [[The Viking Press]]-James Lloyd | release_date = 1939 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]]) | pages = 535 | oclc = 289946 }} '''''The Grapes of Wrath''''' is a [[novel]] written by [[John Steinbeck]]. It was published in 1939. The book won both the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. It is often read in American [[high school]] and [[college]] classes. The title of the novel is from ''[[Book of Revelation]]'' 14:19. The book is about the Joads, a family of [[Farmer|farmers]]. It takes place during the [[Great Depression]] and the [[Dust Bowl]]. Because of [[drought]] and changes in the [[agriculture]] [[industry]], the Joads are forced to move from their old home to [[California]]'s [[Central Valley]] to find work and land. The book talks about the problems they face on the way, as they drive through the Dust Bowl to get to California. It also talks about the [[poverty]], [[discrimination]], [[exploitation]] and other problems they face once they get to California. ==Related pages== * [[Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century|''Le Monde'''s 100 Books of the Century]] {{Wikiquote}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grapes of Wrath, The}} [[Category:1939 books]] [[Category:20th-century American novels]] [[Category:Books by John Steinbeck]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:California in fiction]] [[Category:Great Depression]] {{lit-stub}}