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Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California , searching for jobs during the Great Depression .
Several high school classmates meet after a class reunion and discuss the challenge of handling the changes in their lives. Michael, a business manager, says that he was afraid of change until he heard an allegorical story, which he proceeds to tell. In the story, two mice and two "littlepeople" — people the size of mice — live in a maze.
The 1937 production opened while the novel was still on best seller lists. [1] At the time, George S. Kaufman was the top director in the country. [2] While the play follows the novel closely, Steinbeck altered the character of Curley's Wife, perhaps in response to criticisms from friends.
Of Mice and Men is a 1992 American period drama film based on John Steinbeck's 1937 novella of the same name and is the fourth film adaptation of the novella. The first was the 1939 film of the same name , the second was in 1968 , the third was in 1981, and the fourth was in 1992.
The volume of academic work published on Maus far surpasses that of any other work of comics. [178] One of the earliest such works was Joshua Brown 's 1988 "Of Mice and Memory" from the Oral History Review , which deals with the problems Spiegelman faced in presenting his father's story.
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Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men is the second novel of the Dan Starkey series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, released on 25 April 1996 through HarperCollins. [1] The name of the novel is a reference to the John Steinbeck novella Of Mice and Men .
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