憤怒的葡萄：The Grapes of Wrath（英文朗讀版）

　　《憤怒的葡萄》以經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)時(shí)期中部各州農(nóng)民破產(chǎn)、逃荒和斗爭(zhēng)為背景。俄克拉何馬和鄰近的得克薩斯、堪薩斯、阿肯色各州的農(nóng)民負(fù)債累累，土地被大公司沒收，無家可歸，只得向西遷移，想在加利福尼亞州尋找出路。小說以約德一家為代表，記敘了他們一家十二口從俄克拉荷馬州向加利福尼亞州逃荒的艱難經(jīng)歷。他們將家中的一切變賣后，換來一輛破舊的汽車，一家坐車向西逃荒。途中年輕的諾亞和康尼則在半路上開了小差。到了加州后，一切并不像他們想像的那樣美好，等待他們的仍然是失業(yè)、饑餓和困苦。小說標(biāo)題《憤怒的葡萄》中的"憤怒"便是對(duì)導(dǎo)致人們貧困的不公的社會(huì)制度的強(qiáng)烈抗議。本書為英文原版，經(jīng)典32開本便于隨身攜帶閱讀，精校版忠于原著，同時(shí)提供英文朗讀免費(fèi)下載?！he 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.

　　約翰·斯坦貝克（1902-1968）美國(guó)小說家。出生于加利福尼亞州蒙特雷縣塞利納斯鎮(zhèn)一個(gè)面粉廠主家庭。在母親的熏陶下，很早就接觸歐洲文學(xué)。大學(xué)期間開始寫作，1929年發(fā)表第一部長(zhǎng)篇小說《金杯》，后陸續(xù)發(fā)表了兩部小說《天堂的牧場(chǎng)》和《獻(xiàn)給一位無名的神》，卻未引起重視。1935年《托蒂亞平地》出版，立即廣受好評(píng)，此后又發(fā)表了《勝負(fù)未決的戰(zhàn)斗》、《鼠與人》、《長(zhǎng)谷》等?！稇嵟钠咸选肥撬固关惪说拇碜?，于1940年獲普利策文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。