The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

During the Depression, two migrant-worker friends dream of better days until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.

Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable to maintain a stable working pattern for long because of Lennie's infantile mental capacity. They get hired at the Tyler Ranch but soon their work is ripped apart by tragedy when Curly's beautiful but unhappy wife becomes the innocent victim of Lennie's compassion.

Tells the story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife.

The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.

Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival in this star-studded retelling of John Steinbeck's beloved novel.