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Frank Lavallo hosts two readers and the three of them summarize the world’s greatest works of classic literature, giving their reactions along the way. If SparkNotes had an audio best friend, it would be us!

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“The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck

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S3 Ep 7

Host: Frank Lavallo

Readers: Scott and Ildi Rich

Endnotes: Ted Schwartz

Author: John Steinbeck

Year of Publication: 1939

Plot: The Grapes of Wrath centers around a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, and bank foreclosures with hints of a hopeful future beyond the Dust Bowl.

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