泉州市2014
高考英语文章突破一轮训练（23）及答案 when the grapes of wrath(愤怒) was published on march 14, 1939, it created a national sensation(轰动) for its description of the destructive effects of the great depression(大萧条) of the 1930s. by the end of april, it was selling 2,500 copies a day—a remarkable number considering the hard economic times. in may, the novel was a number-one best-seller, selling at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. by the end of 1939, close to a half million copies had been sold. john steinbeck was shocked by the tremendous response to his novel. almost overnight, he found himself involved in a great national deba
