Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men (1937) is a poignant tale that traces an unlikely friendship between two impoverished workers in California during the Great Depression: compact, quick-witted George Milton, and huge, childlike Lennie Small.

• Lovers of classic literature
• Those entranced by the American dream
• People curious about one of Steinbeck’s greats

John Steinbeck was born in California in 1902, not far from where he set Of Mice and Men. He gained firsthand experience of farm labor during his teenage years, which informed his work. Steinbeck wrote at least 27 books – 16 of which were novels, including The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.