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.”

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Elsewhere, they’re the common castoffs worth saving, or sanctifying as salt-of-the-earth: Meet John Doe, Sullivan’s Travels, The Grapes of Wrath, The Soloist.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2017

Censortship is American apple pie: "The Grapes of Wrath", The Catcher in The Rye", "The Naked and The Dead", "Howl", "Leaves of Grass", Invisible Man", Southern school texts to this day?

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2016

There is lean, youthful Gregg Toland, who grabbed last year's Oscar with his eerie effects in Wuthering Heights, has this year supplied two more candidates with The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage Home.

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