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"John Steinbeck" (8 results)
Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the legacy of John Steinbeck, author of novels that gave voice to people battlin...
The 1930s American depression provided much inspiration for US writers. It led to Steinbeck's epic work of protest fiction.
Actors in rehearsal, documentary film sequences of the period and an extract from the original feature film give a new insight into...
schools prog looking at social and historical background to 3 texts set for GCSE study for 14-16 yr olds. This week: ''Of Mice and...
John Steinbeck 's harrowing novel about a family driven from their Oklahoma farm during the dust bowl days of the thirties, dramatised in three parts by ...
Sandi Toksvig hosts book discussion with John WALSH and Ian MACMILLAN on the choice between 'Grap...
In the golden valleys of California, two itinerant workers struggle to sustain their dream. The story of a friendship put to a terri...
GCSE English Literature video shorts to support students studying Of Mice and Men.
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