Grapes of Wrath, The

American  

noun

1. a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.

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The Grapes of Wrath Cultural  

1. (1939) A novel by John Steinbeck about the hardships of an American farm family in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. Forced off the land, they travel to California to earn a living harvesting fruit.

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The title is from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

Example Sentences

The stories echoed John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” the classic novel that one of her editors, Kari Howard, had given her when she began criss-crossing the 900-square-mile valley in search of the story.

From Los Angeles Times

As described in John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” the era saw arid topsoil blown into clouds that scoured the land, blighting everything in their path.

From Washington Post

He landed his first screen role by accident, when his mother brought him along to Darryl’s audition for “The Grapes of Wrath,” the 1940 Henry Fonda vehicle.

From Seattle Times

Marketed in part as a new “Grapes of Wrath,” the John Steinbeck novel which helped define the Great Depression, “American Dirt” was lauded by an industry that is predominantly white, liberal, anxious to make a profit and eager to make a difference.

From Seattle Times

Kaffaga had contended Thomas Steinbeck secretly signed a $650,000 deal with DreamWorks to be an executive producer on a film remake of The Grapes of Wrath, the Pulitzer prize-winning novel that starred Henry Fonda on the silver screen and won two Oscars.

From The Guardian