The Grapes of Wrath
About this book
Steinbeck’s classic novel of the Great Depression is as vivid now as ever. The story focuses on a family of Oklahoma sharecroppers, farmers who work another man’s land for a share of the crops. Driven from their home by drought and poverty they take to the road in a battered old truck and make their way to California to look for work. When they arrive they find hundreds of others like them being forced to work for breadline wages. they begin working as fruit pickers, strike-breakers replacing the people who have been trying to establish a union but their consciences force them to leave.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 1024175 readers · 642 pages · ≈ 11 h 53 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The Grapes of Wrath?
About ≈ 11 h 53 m — 642 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Grapes of Wrath?
642 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Grapes of Wrath?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Has The Grapes of Wrath been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Is The Grapes of Wrath in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does The Grapes of Wrath take place?
It is set in California, Oklahoma, West (U.S.) during The Great Depression, 1930's.
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck.
Why has The Grapes of Wrath been challenged or banned?
It appears on Wikipedia's list of books banned by governments.