About this title: Steinbeck tells the classic story of three days in the lives of two migrant workers, Lennie Small and George Milton. Lennie, a simple-minded giant who doesn't know his own strength, wants only to settle down with his friend on a small farm where he will be allowed to feed the animals. When he inadvertently kills first a puppy, then a woman--the wife of the brutal ranch owner where Lennie and George find work--George kills him, in a humane act of love, before the unfortunate Lennie is hounded to his death. Steinbeck's sympathy for the plight of the downtrodden--and especially for exploited ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140177398ISBN:0140177396
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 107 p. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Complete and Unabridged
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: not a pretty book, front cover shelf worn & creased, bottom edge chipped, corners creased & curled, creased along spine, tear in upper middle from spine, spine faded from sun, back cover creased & shelf worn, pages yellowed due to age, good reading copy. Mass Market (Rack) PB, glued binding read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140177398ISBN:0140177396
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. as new pristine clean and unmarked pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 107 p. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553278248ISBN:055327824X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Two small tears on front cover. One on edge(taped) and one at top of spine. Text is clean but beginning to tan. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 39th printing. 1970.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. One vertical crease on front cover(along corner of spine). Hardly noticeable. One partial reading crease on spine. Covers are straight and crisp. Corners are sharp. Text is clean though mildly tanned. Binding is tight. 118 p.; 18 cm. A Bantam classic; SC4649.. read more
Edition: 39th printing. 1970.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. One vertical crease on front cover(along corner of spine). Hardly noticeable. One partial reading crease on spine. Covers are straight and crisp. Corners are sharp. Text is clean though mildly tanned. Binding is tight. 118 p.; 18 cm. A Bantam classic; SC4649.. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140177398ISBN:0140177396
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140177398ISBN:0140177396
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 107 p. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. Notes and underlining throughout. Moderate wear to covers including light scratches & creases, slightly rough edges, and rounded, slightly bent corners. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140186420ISBN:0140186425
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 1885-Some scribbles on edge. About 6 pages have underlining. Otherwise in real good sturdy condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 105 p. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. read more
"A fascinating thing about this which I hadn't been aware of from my previous exposure to it is that is was one of Steinbecks's format/genre experiments. In this work, Steinbeck created a new genre: the play/novelette. '"The work I am doing now," he wrote to his agents in April 1936, "is neither a novel nor a play but it is a kind of playable novel. Written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands. It wouldn't be like other plays since it does not follow the formal acts but uses the chapters for curtains. Descriptions can be used for stage directions... Plays are hard to read so this will make both a novel and play as it stands." Anticipating postmodernists, Steinbeck was to declare wtih greater and greater frequency in the late 1930s and '40s that the novel was dead, whereas theater was "waking up," was fresh and challenging.' And in fact, he sent it to his publishers in late summer of 1936; it was published on February 25, 1937 (for $2 per copy); was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in March; was performed as written by Theater Union of San Francisco with an opening on May 21, 1937; then performed as a modified version at Music Box Theater in New York opening November 23, 1937; and released as a film in 1939. It was very controversial, banned in Australia in 1940; one of the most frequently banned books by school board over the years. '"The first few pages so nauseated me," wrote the reviewer for 'The Catholic World,' "That I couldn't bear to keep it in my room over night."' "Morbid and degenerate" content was why another showing of it was condemned. And the reason for all the hoo-ha? The truth of it. The hopelessness and loneliness of the group of people Steinbeck gives life to - the landless white male agricultural workers of the 1930's. Also, he used actual dialect which was still new back then. Included in the dialect is racist language in use back then, as his characters would not have been honest without it. Probably some bannings were due simply to the use of the 'n' word, although most programs that use it now include context for that which is a response to it that contains the intended respect while also containing discussion that can be so useful to unlearning racism. Another interesting content item about race is a momentary scene in which a white woman brings to the attention of a black man her ability to get him lynched. It's brutal, and then it's over and the action continues and it fades into unimportance - all of which serves as a reminder of our shared history festering with racism; and how far we as a country have come. (i'm adding that scene to quotes for this book). It's a very quick read for all that, and very enjoyable actually just for the intensity of description. This felt to me like one of those quick-action films, only the super-short scenes are ones you create in your own mind, as written by Steinbeck. Somehow he packs in vivid visual content and well-drawn characters in an almost poetically pithy writing style. Highly recommend."
"This book was assigned for me my freshman year in high school and I didn't think I would even like it, but I was terribly wrong. I really enjoyed the adventure of these two men and I grew very fond of Lenny. It was surprising and sad all at the same time. Very great book."
"This short novel is written by the 20th century author and is set during the Great Depression. It is about two men, George and Lennie who travel around looking for jobs because Lennie keeps getting them into trouble. Lennie has mental issues and behaves like a kid, while George has to be the adult and take care of the both of them.
This story gives you a feel for how women are taken for granted during that time and how men were always so lonely. It also gives you an insight on the violence of people and how many people had to survive during the Depression.
The story goes by fast as it has a very different and appealing plot and style. This is a great book and will leave you crying in the end."
"John Steinbeck turned the search for the American dream and turned it into a nightmare. George and Lenny are two drifting farm hands looking to find work to earn enough money to buy a small farm of their own. Its the only dream they share to find a place to call home. The problem is Lenny is big ,strong and slow. He doesn't know his own strength or realize there will be consequences for his actions. George can keep him safe for only so long. What George hoped to be their last job for someone else turns out to be their last job ever. Written in language of the common man of the time, Steinbeck does an excellent of capturing George's desperation and Lenny's fear. A moving story that has been always one of my favorites."
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