The grapes of wrath

Ce cahier consommable accompagne les élèves dans la lecture de l'oeuvre intégrale  Of Mice and Men de John Steinbeck.
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Reading guide : of mice and men (édition 2020)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. 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. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics.

Les Raisins de la colère

'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.'   Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival . . .  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize,  The Grapes of Wrath  is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.

John steinbeck the grapes of wrath

Dans cette grande fresque, les personnages représentent le bien et le mal avec leurs rapports complexes. Adam, épris de calme, Charles, son demi-frère, dur et violent, Cathy, la femme d’Adam, un monstre camouflé derrière sa beauté, ses enfants, les jumeaux Caleb et Aaron. En suivant de génération en génération les familles Trask et Hamilton, l’auteur nous raconte l’histoire de son pays, la vallée de la Salinas, en Californie du Nord...

À l'est d'Eden

George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place.

Of mice and men

Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security....A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, greed, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.

La Perle

Kino is a desperately poor Mexican-pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours - and himself.


A haunting and timeless tale of wealth and the evil it can bring.

The pearl

Vers le milieu du XVII? siècle, un garçon de quinze ans, Henry Morgan, natif du pays de Galles, s'embarqua sur un vaisseau qui allait à la Jamaïque. Il rêvait d'être le plus grand corsaire d'Angleterre. Sa volonté de fer lui permit de devenir le boucanier le plus terrible et le plus glorieux qu'on vît jamais à l'île de la Tortue et à la Gonave. À trente ans, pour couronner ses exploits, il résolut de prendre d'assaut la Coupe d'Or, Panama, la puissante ville espagnole.Mais le désir de la gloire est comme le désir de la lune : pour l'éprouver, il faut garder une âme d'enfant. Après avoir conquis et incendié Panama, l'âme enfantine d'Henry Morgan l'abandonna. Et quand plus tard il revint, vice-gouverneur de la Jamaïque, chargé d'honneurs et de fortune, il n'était plus qu'un homme qui s'ennuyait et craignait les scènes de ménage.Ce roman d'aventures, passionnant, somptueux, profond, montre un aspect à peu près inconnu en France de John Steinbeck : celui d'un écrivain qui a un sens aigu de l'histoire et de la mer.

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