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A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
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.
“A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick.” —The New York Times
Publisher : Penguin Books; Reissue edition (September 1, 1993)
Language : English
Mass Market Paperback : 107 pages
ISBN-10 : 0140177396
ISBN-13 : 978-0140177398
Reading age : 14+ years, from customers
Lexile measure : 630L
Item Weight : 4.2 ounces
Dimensions : 8.5 x 5.43 x 0.33 inches
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