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Of Mice and Men

Book information
AuthorJohn Steinbeck
Cover artistRoss MacDonald
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovella
PublisherCovici Friede
Publication date1937
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages107

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'Of Mice and Men' is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.

Based on Steinbeck's own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath), the title is taken from Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse", which read: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.)

Required reading in many high schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity and what some consider offensive language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of 21st Century.

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Works by John Steinbeck

NovelsCup of Gold * The Red Pony * To a God Unknown * Tortilla Flat * In Dubious Battle * Of Mice and Men * The Grapes of Wrath * The Moon Is Down * Cannery Row * The Pearl * The Wayward Bus * Burning Bright * East of Eden * Sweet Thursday * The Short Reign of Pippin IV * The Winter of Our Discontent * The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Non-fictionThe Log from the Sea of Cortez * Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team * A Russian Journal * Once There Was a War * Travels with Charley * Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters * America and Americans
Short story collectionsThe Pastures of Heaven * The Long Valley



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