Of Mice and Men

Authors: Steinbeck, John
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
BISAC/Subject: FIC071000, FIC019000, FIC004000
ISBN: 9780735254299, Related ISBNs: 014017320X, 0140177396, 0140186425, 0142000671, 014242918X
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 105,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: George and Lennie are an unlikely pair: George is small and quick, and Lennie is a man of tremendous size and simple mind. But together they’ve formed a family, rallying against seclusion and alienation. As laborers in California’s vegetable fields in the Great Depression, they find work where they can, but they have big dreams of owning land and a shack they can call their own. So when they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, their big dreams suddenly seem within reach. But George cannot guard the childlike Lennie from life’s provocations, nor can he predict the consequences of Lennie’s unswerving obedience to what George has taught him. A tragic and moving story of friendship, loneliness, and the dispossessed, Of Mice and Men is classic John Steinbeck—heart wrenching and remarkable.

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