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Novella · 1937

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novella · 1937 · American · Modern

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

George and Lennie carry a small dream of land across a hostile season of work.

TragedySocial realismFriendshipDreamsLonelinessMercy

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Written to be read in an evening and staged without alteration. Candy's dog is the rehearsal; the mercy at the riverbank is the performance.

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