Of Mice and Men
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
"A thriller, a gripping tale... that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a classic novella that follows an unlikely pair: George, who is "small and quick and dark of face," and Lennie, a man of tremendous size with the mind of a young child. Yet together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, alienation, and hardship.
Working as labourers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfilment of their dream seems to be within their grasp.
However, even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.
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A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
"A thriller, a gripping tale... that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a classic novella that follows an unlikely pair: George, who is "small and quick and dark of face," and Lennie, a man of tremendous size with the mind of a young child. Yet together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, alienation, and hardship.
Working as labourers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfilment of their dream seems to be within their grasp.
However, even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.
