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619 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0140186409
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 01 October 1992
Description
The Grapes of Wrath summed up its era in the way that Uncle Tom's Cabin had summed up the years of slavery before the Civil War. At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck's fictional chronicle...
Community Reviews Summary of 35,449 reviews
Moods
emotional 69%
reflective 57%
challenging 47%
dark 47%
tense 27%
adventurous 23%
informative 21%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 14%
funny 3%
mysterious 1%
Pace
medium 33%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 30% | Plot: 16% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 65% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 40% | Yes: 34% | It's complicated: 23% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Animal death, ViolenceModerate
Murder, Pregnancy, MiscarriageMinor
Racial slurs, Child death
619 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0140186409
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 01 October 1992
Description
The Grapes of Wrath summed up its era in the way that Uncle Tom's Cabin had summed up the years of slavery before the Civil War. At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck's fictional chronicle...
Community Reviews Summary of 35,449 reviews
Moods
emotional 69%
reflective 57%
challenging 47%
dark 47%
tense 27%
adventurous 23%
informative 21%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 14%
funny 3%
mysterious 1%
Pace
medium 33%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 30% | Plot: 16% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 65% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 40% | Yes: 34% | It's complicated: 23% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Animal death, ViolenceModerate
Murder, Pregnancy, MiscarriageMinor
Racial slurs, Child death