num_pages: 107
description: They are 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 they have formed a “family,” clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.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.--back cover
language: English
title: Of Mice and Men
titlecomplete: Of Mice and Men
characters: George Milton, Curley, Carlson, Candy, Lennie Small, Crooks, Slim, Curley's Wife, Whit
genres: Read For School, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, School, Novels, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 2457661
places: Salinas Valley, California, California
awards: awardedAt: -1009814400000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Penguin Books