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Of Mice and Men

ISBN 9780140177398

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

Penguin· 112 pp

$3.00

In stock at our Lewisville, TX store

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B — Good

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Description

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression "A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times John Steinbeck's classic novella follows 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 together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, and alienation, and hardship. 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.

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ErzählungAmerikanisches EnglischAgricultural laborersCaliforniaFictionAudiobooksCowboysSalinas River ValleyDepressionsFriendshipMale friendshipMenPeople with mental disabilitiesRanch lifeSalinas River Valley (Calif.)United StatesTextAusgabe