Behind the Bookshelves

Grapes of Wrath manuscript


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This episode is about the great American author John Steinbeck and his novel, The Grapes of Wrath. We are speaking to Ellen Ffrench from SP Books, which has published a large format reproduction of Steinbeck’s original handwritten manuscript. Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath in 1938, writing in 2 oversized ledgers. The book would become his greatest achievement and the defining novel of America’s Depression era. Listen to Ellen explain about the manuscript's notes and marginalia, and how Steinbeck crafted this masterpiece.
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