Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA. Based on Steinbeck's own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s , the title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which read: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." Required reading in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity and what some consider offensive language;... consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of 21st Century. Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depression—George Milton, an intelligent yet cynical man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilities—are on their way to another part of California in Soledad.
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| Author: | John Steinbeck |
| Genre: | Novella |
| Year published: | 1937 |
| Number of editions: | 41 |