"Mice and Men" redirects here. For the unrelated 1916 film, see Mice and Men (film). For other uses, see Of Mice and Men (disambiguation).
Of Mice and Men
First edition cover
Author
John Steinbeck
Cover artist
Ross MacDonald
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Tragedy
Publisher
Covici Friede
Publication date
1937
Pages
107
Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck.[1][2] It narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.
Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s, before the arrival of the Okies that he would describe in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley" ("The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry").
While it is a book taught in many schools,[3]Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censorship and book bans for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century.[4]
^"Of Mice and Men Summary". OxNotes GCSE Revision. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
^Who, what, why: Why do children study Of Mice and Men? on BBC
^Stephen Maunder (March 25, 2011). "Who, what, why: Why do children study Of Mice and Men?". BBC News. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
^"American Library Association Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000–2009". web page. American Library Association. 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
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