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Of Mice and Men (Pocket Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

by John Steinbeck (Author), Susan Shillinglaw (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141023570
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141023571
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 410 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they’ll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn’t know his own strength, and when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss’s daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector George may not be able to save him …


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John Steinbeck (1902-1968) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute classic - buy it ,read it, 2 Jun 2007
By P. G. Harris (Lichfield UK) - See all my reviews
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Those boys from Penguin know a thing or two. When they rate a book as a classic, they know what they are doing. I read this book in a morning while on holiday and it is absolutely fantastic. To develop such totally believable characters, to tell such a touching story, and to explore such universal truths in such a short novel is a major, major achievement. So many contemporary novelists who view producing a doorstop as a virtue could learn so much from the sheer economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the prose in this marvellous book. Go out, buy it, enjoy it, and sob your heart out !
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, 24 May 2006
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An extremely short but nevertheless fantastic book. It makes you wonder why so many people are met with a cruel "justice".
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Scoring no.6 on America's most contraversial books ever written, 2 Aug 2007
A good read. I particularly liked the chapter in which Steinbeck uses a form of magic realism to portray a rather surreal description Lennie's emotions. A classic indeed.
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