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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a better life. Can hope defeat poverty, illness, hunger, and even death as they follow their dream?
Graded Reader:
Genre: Classic novel; Level: pre-intermediate; Length: long; English: American English
http://english-e-books.net/grapes-of-wrath-john-steinbeck/
Penguin Readers Level 5: the Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers))
Teacher’s Guide& Notes:
http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/grapeswrath.pdf
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/teachers-notes/9781405879903.pdf
Original
http://nisbah.com/summer_reading/grapes_of_wrath_john_steinbeck2.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath
The grapes of wrath are referenced in the Book of Revelation 14:19
King James Bible
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
wrath
n
1. angry, violent, or stern indignation
2. divine vengeance or retribution
3. archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger
adj
obsolete incensed; angry
The title is a reference to lyrics from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic“, by Julia Ward Howe
The phrase appears at the end of chapter 25 in The Grapes of Wrath, which describes the purposeful destruction of food to keep the price high:
and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
Links
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
Grapes of Wrath by Ernest Andrew] [Ewart , Boyd Cable Published 1917
https://archive.org/stream/grapeswrath00cablgoog/grapeswrath00cablgoog_djvu.txt
