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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 .
To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. [1] The book was Steinbeck's second novel (after Cup of Gold).Steinbeck found To a God Unknown extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novel proved more time-consuming than either East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's longest novels.
Mere Christianity is a Christian apologetical book by the British author C. S. Lewis. It was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, originally published as three separate volumes: Broadcast Talks (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944).
Born in California, his novels often center around lower-class Americans navigating life in Western states. [2] Although The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men remain his most popular novels, Steinbeck himself regarded East of Eden as his magnum opus. [3] All of these were New York Times Bestsellers along with The Moon Is Down and Cannery Row.
Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. [8] He was of German, English, and Irish descent. [9] Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck (1828–1913), Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, was a founder of Mount Hope, a short-lived farming colony in Palestine that disbanded after Arab attackers killed his brother and raped his brother's wife and mother-in-law. [10]
Of Mice and Men is a play adapted from John Steinbeck's 1937 novel of the same name. The play, which predates the Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Awards, earned the 1938 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play.
Pages in category "Short stories by John Steinbeck" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Ranked among Steinbeck's "finest and best-known" fiction, these are among the most frequently anthologized of Steinbeck's stories, widely read by university undergraduates and high school students. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Author and social critic Andre Gide declared that several stories in The Long Valley "equaled or surpassed" those of Russian author ...