John Steinbeck, Peter Lisca, Kevin Hearle - The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)

Review: Well, I thought that my dislike of Steinbeck might be a fluke. After being forced to read "The Pearl" and "Of Mice And Men" I thought that maybe I just didn't like his short books. Not so. When I was forced to read "The Grapes of Wrath" I became...

Review: This is a terrible book. It's mainly a rant against the industrial revolution, and a smear against the great businessmen and bankers who fueled it. Steinbeck takes the side of midwestern agrarian slobs, "the noble savages", and tries to defend doing...

The Bottom Line: The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about humanity and survival in the face of immense degradation and tragedy.

Review: The Plot

The Joad family, already downtrodden sharecroppers, find themselves forced off the land their family had farmed for several generations. They begin driving west to California, lured by advertisements of good jobs and their own...

Review: Though it took me along time to chug through Steinbeck's masterpiece novel, I found it to be one of the more invigorating novels I've read in a long time. It had both outstanding character and setting development, as well as a clear social message...

Review: I dream of writing timeless fiction such as Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, and come up with potboilers. I find reassurance in the knowledge that Steinbeck received rejections ON THIS SAME NOVEL no less than 29 times before it was finally bought for...

Review: The Grapes of Wrath is one of those books that you'll probably be forced into reading sooner or later in your lifetime. When I first picked up this book, I must have read the first paragraph ten times before I could actually understand it. Despite...

Review: I was required to read "The Grapes of Wrath" in 11th grade English, but given the chance I'd gladly read it again. "The Grapes of Wrath" was an excellent portrayal of life during the Great Depression. Tom Joad and his family travel all over the...

Review: Although I'm not much of a book reader, which isn't that odd considering my age,the idea of exploring the "reading universe" had been crossing my mind for several times over the years. Some time ago, i finnily filled myself with courage and went to...

Review: The Grapes of Wrath, written in 1939 by John Steinbeck (1902-1968), is considered by many literary critics to be the greatest of all American novels. This is a book about the Great Depression, and one poor sharecropper family's struggle to survive...

Review: Although the subject of moving west when times were hard seems like a boring subject, Steinbeck captivates the readers by almost putting them into the novel. After every page turn, you feel that you have learned more about how times were during that...