Contributions

  • Michael Ian Kaye - Cover Design
  • Ross MacDonald - Cover Art and Illustrations

Publication

1993 - Penguin Books, New York, USA

Language

English

Purchase

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Word Count

26750 words, Guess

Page Count

107 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveofmicemenpenguin00john
  • ISBN-139780140177398
  • ISBN-100140177396
  • Goodreads40698
  • LibraryThing3657
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCPS3537.T3234

Description

The second book in John Steinbeck’s labor trilogy, Of Mice and Men is a touching tale of two migrant laborers in search of work and eventual liberation from their social circumstances. Fiercely devoted to one another, George and Lennie plan to save up to finance their dream of someday owning a small piece of land. The pair seems unstoppable until tragedy strikes and their hopes come crashing down, forcing George to make a difficult decision regarding the welfare of his best friend. The novel is set on a ranch in Soledad, CA. Author Frank Bergon recalls reading Of Mice and Men for the first time as a teenager living in the San Joaquin Valley and remembers how he saw “as if in a jolt of light the ordinary surroundings of [his] life become worthy of literature.” Steinbeck works to propagate the notion that meaningful stories emerge from the marginalized; that even those on the fringes of society can make deserving contributions to the literary canon. Source: http://www.steinbeck.org/about-john/his-works/ ---------- Also contained in: - [Cannery Row / Of Mice and Men](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23172W/Cannery_Row_Of_Mice_and_Men) - [Grapes of Wrath / The Moon is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men][1] - [Novels and Stories 1932-1937](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23167W) - [Short Novels of John Steinbeck](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23185W/The_Short_Novels_of_John_Steinbeck) - [Steinbeck](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23183W/Steinbeck) - [Steinbeck Pocket Book](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16051131W/The_Steinbeck_Pocket_Book) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23165W/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_The_Moon_is_Down_Cannery_Row_East_of_Eden_Of_Mice_and_Men

Description

They are 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. Yet they have formed a “family,” clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. 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. --back cover

First Sentence

A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.

Subjects

Topics

MenRomanDramaFictionFicciónCowboysClassics

Places

CaliforniaSoledad CASalinas River ValleySalinas, Vallée du (Calif.)Salinas River Valley (Calif.)Salinas, Valle del Río (California)

People

Lennie SmallGeorge Milton

Times

1930s20th century

Other Editions

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