The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of WrathAuthor: Steinbeck, John Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 28 July 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series. Paperback 528 pages 197 x 128 x 24 352g 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize winning epic of

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Penrose’s tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived