Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813) has been made into a film many times (1940, 2003, 2005...).  The most recent film with Keira Knightley and Marrhew Macfayden received high acclaim.  Here is the trailer:

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An e-text of Pride and Prejudice is available on-line (www.pemberley.com).

Black Boy

Richard Wright's autobiographical novel Black Boy (1945, 1993) was made into a documentary film (1995).  The following is part one of the film, including interviews with authors such as Ralph Ellison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlQXVLusmjI

His best-selling Native Son (1940) was produced as a film in 1951 and 1986.  The first film version was produced by Pierre Chenal and made in Buenos Aires.  Wright played the part of Bigger Thomas.  See article in Time (2007).

Gary Douran reads from the opening of Native Son here:

The Grapes of Wrath

Trailer:

Gabe Johnson's review for the New York Times:

A student's view: "The Dust Bowl and The Great Depression": 

Woodie Guthrie "Talking Dust Bowl Blues":

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Listen to Brain Naylor's report on The Grapes of Wrath and hear Woody Guthrie's 1940 song "Tom Joad" (npr.org).

Listen to Voices from the American Dust Bowl, including folk songs (Library of Congress).

See photos of America during the Great Depression (Library of Congress).

Information about the PBS film, "Surviving the Dust Bowl" with timeline, maps and other documents about the period (www.pbs.org).

Visit "Weedpatch Camp," the Arvin Federal Government Camp that Steinbeck visited and called "Weedpatch Camp" in The Grapes of Wrath.  The Camp is still used by migrant workers today (www.weedpatchcamp.com).

Study aids for the novel (wwu.edu).

About Route 66 (www.historic66.com), (national66.com).