Of Mice and Men
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 1, 1993
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in friendship and hardship during the Great Depression
- Themes
- Friendship, Loneliness and hardship, Dreams of independence
- Genres
- The Classics, Literary Fiction, 20th-Century American Fiction
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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 John Steinbeck's classic novella follows an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child.
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Yet together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, and alienation, and hardship. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For 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 fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But 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.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in friendship and hardship during the Great Depression
- Readers drawn to an uncertain dream of owning a home
Where it sits
| The Classics | 69% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century American Fiction | 66% |
| Literary Fiction | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Small-Town Fiction
- Authors
- John Steinbeck
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- September 1, 1993
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Friendship · Loneliness and hardship · Dreams of independence
- Reading lane
- The Classics