约翰·斯坦贝克（John Steinbeck，1902—1968），美国著名作家、诺贝尔文学奖得主。斯坦贝克的许多作品以美国的土地和人民为题材，刻画了富于同情心和人情味的真实可信的人物形象，展现了社会底层大众广阔壮丽的生活图景。代表作品有《人鼠之间》、《愤怒的葡萄》、《月亮下去了》、《伊甸之东》、《烦恼的冬天》等。

      《愤怒的葡萄》是百灵鸟英文经典系列丛书的其中一本，是诺贝尔文学奖得主、美国作家约翰•斯坦贝克的代表作，这部出版于1939的长篇小说描写了美国三十年代经济大萧条时期，贫苦农民乔德一家从风沙迷漫的俄克拉何马州平原流落到富庶的加利福尼亚州谷地的悲惨故事，反映了惊心动魄的社会斗争的图景。小说饱含美国农民的血泪、愤慨和斗争，是一部美国现代农民的史诗。这部小说在当年获得“卖得最快，评价极高，争论最激烈”的评价，并于1940年获美国普利策文学奖。

                                                                            Chapter 1

      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. The plows crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks. The last rains lifted the corn quickly and scattered weed colonies and grass along the sides of the roads so that the gray country and the dark red country began to disappear under a green cover. In the last part of May the sky grew pale and the clouds that had hung in high puffs for so long in the spring were dissipated. The sun flared down on the growing corn day after day until a line of brown spread along the edge of each green bayonet. The clouds appeared, and went away, and in a while they did not try any more. The weeds grew darker green to protect themselves, and they did not spread any more. The surface of the earth crusted, a thin hard crust, and as the sky became pale, so the earth became pale, pink in the red country and white in the gray country.

      In the water-cut gullies the earth dusted down in dry little streams. Gophers and ant lions started small avalanches. And as the sharp sun struck day after day, the leaves of the young corn became less stiff and erect; they bent in a curve at first, and then, as the central ribs of strength grew weak, each leaf tilted downward. Then it was June, and the sun shone more fiercely. The brown lines on the corn leaves widened and moved in on the central ribs. The weeds frayed and edged back toward their roots. The air was thin and the sky more pale; and every day the earth paled.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1……………………………………………………………… 1

Chapter 2……………………………………………………………… 5

Chapter 3………………………………………………………………16

Chapter 4………………………………………………………………19

Chapter 5………………………………………………………………37

Chapter 6………………………………………………………………48

Chapter 7………………………………………………………………76

Chapter 8………………………………………………………………83

Chapter 9…………………………………………………………… 108