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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. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences as a teenager ...
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 messianic farming colony in Palestine that disbanded after Arab attackers killed his brother and raped his brother's wife and mother-in-law.
Genre. Tragedy drama. Setting. An agricultural valley in Northern California. 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.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...
No, here it's true about the name - the title of the book - Of Mice and Men - was derived from the play Paradise Lost, which was written by John Milton. 24.17.72.118 02:37, 9 May 2007 (UTC) Actually, the title comes from a line from the Poem To a Mouse. Also, the quote given here is incorect.
Box office. $5.5 million. 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 second film adaptation of the novella, following the 1939 film of the same name. Directed and produced by Gary Sinise, the film features Sinise as George Milton, alongside John Malkovich as Lennie ...
Cannery Row. (novel) Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. [1] It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist; and ...
Preceded by. Divorcing Jack. (1995) Followed by. Turbulent Priests. (1999) 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 .