Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of playable novel, written in 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. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own-a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. The book was adapted by Steinbeck into a three-act play (produced 1937). First edition, first issue with 'and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula' on p. The tragic story, given poignancy by its objective narrative, is about the complex bond between two migrant labourers. An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Of Mice and Men, novella by John Steinbeck, published in 1937.
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