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Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. [1] [2] It narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States .
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While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness.
Sep 1, 1993 · Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class: In Dubious Battle(1936), Of Mice and Men(1937), and the book considered by many his finest, The Grapes of Wrath(1939).
May 30, 2024 · Of Mice and Men, novella by John Steinbeck, published in 1937. The tragic story, given poignancy by its objective narrative, is about the complex bond between two migrant labourers. The book was adapted by Steinbeck into a three-act play (produced 1937).
Feb 1, 1994 · A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression. A Penguin Classic. Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale of...
Sep 1, 1993 · Of Mice and Men was John Steinbeck's first masterpiece. Originally published in 1937, it's the timeless story of George Milton and Lennie Small, ranch hands who drift from job to job, always one step ahead of the law and a few dollars from the poorhouse.
Of Mice and Men. (Centennial Edition) By John Steinbeck Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw. By John Steinbeck Read by Gary Sinise. Best Seller. Part of Penguin Audio Classics. Category: Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction. Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks. Paperback $17.00. Jan 08, 2002| ISBN 9780142000670. Buy. Paperback $16.00.
Books. Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck. Bantam Books, 1965 - Agricultural laborers - 118 pages. Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable...
Mice and Men. CHAPTER 1. A FEW MILES south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.
