Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw

eBook - 1993

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great DepressionA Penguin Classic Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. 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, nor predict ...the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. Of Mice and Men represents an experiment in form, which Steinbeck described as “a kind of playable novel, written in a...

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Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Authors
John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw
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Overdrive Resource Page
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Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size586 MB
ISBN9781440633904
Release Date9/1/1993
Kindle Book
ISBN9781440633904
ASINB001BC2ZS6
Release Date9/1/1993
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781440633904
Release Date9/1/1993