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        The Grapes Of Wrath


        setting

        Oklahoma to California

        time

        1930s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1939

        page count

        455

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Tom, Ma, and Pa Joad

        Rip's impressions

        Told with grit and without romantic notions; the naturalist style of the depression years lets the harsh reality of the time tell it's own story.

        first line

        To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)