A Penguin Classic
Of Mice and Men (1937) is a novella written by an American author John Steinbeck. 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 against 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 novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands.” A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. This edition features an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw, one of today’s leading Steinbeck scholars.
About the Author
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American author (born in Salinas, California). He remains one of the most prolific and influential authors of his generation and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 'for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception'. He has been called a 'giant of American letters.'
During his writing career, he wrote few short stories, letters, 33 books including The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, etc, and co-authored a book with Edward Ricketts. He is widely known for comic novels. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath is considered his masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. It sold 14 million copies since it was published. He died on December 20, 1968, in New York.
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Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publishing Date: February 1,1994 (Re-print edition)
Edition Language: English
Genre: Censorship & Politics, Teen & Young Adult Classics Literature, Classic American Literature
ISBN-10: 0140186425
ISBN-13: 978-0140186420
Pages: 105 (Paperback)
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