愤怒的葡萄：The Grapes of Wrath（英文朗读版）

　　《愤怒的葡萄》以经济危机时期中部各州农民破产、逃荒和斗争为背景。俄克拉何马和邻近的得克萨斯、堪萨斯、阿肯色各州的农民负债累累，土地被大公司没收，无家可归，只得向西迁移，想在加利福尼亚州寻找出路。小说以约德一家为代表，记叙了他们一家十二口从俄克拉荷马州向加利福尼亚州逃荒的艰难经历。他们将家中的一切变卖后，换来一辆破旧的汽车，一家坐车向西逃荒。途中年轻的诺亚和康尼则在半路上开了小差。到了加州后，一切并不像他们想像的那样美好，等待他们的仍然是失业、饥饿和困苦。小说标题《愤怒的葡萄》中的"愤怒"便是对导致人们贫困的不公的社会制度的强烈抗议。本书为英文原版，经典32开本便于随身携带阅读，精校版忠于原著，同时提供英文朗读免费下载。　The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction， and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.Set during the Great Depression， the novel focuses on the Joads， a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought， economic hardship， agricultural industry changes， and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation， and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl， the Joads set out for California. Along with thousands of other "Okies"， they seek jobs， land， dignity， and a future.The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy. A celebrated Hollywood film version， starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford， was released in 1940.

　　约翰·斯坦贝克（1902-1968）美国小说家。出生于加利福尼亚州蒙特雷县塞利纳斯镇一个面粉厂主家庭。在母亲的熏陶下，很早就接触欧洲文学。大学期间开始写作，1929年发表第一部长篇小说《金杯》，后陆续发表了两部小说《天堂的牧场》和《献给一位无名的神》，却未引起重视。1935年《托蒂亚平地》出版，立即广受好评，此后又发表了《胜负未决的战斗》、《鼠与人》、《长谷》等。《愤怒的葡萄》是斯坦贝克的代表作，于1940年获普利策文学奖。