| Description |
xxviii, 105 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Penguin twentieth-century classics |
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Penguin twentieth-century classics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [xxvii]-xxviii). |
| Contents |
An intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and shared dream that make an individual's existence meaningful. |
| Summary |
An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 4.0 8665. |
| Subject |
Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction.
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People with mental disabilities -- Fiction.
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Male friendship -- Fiction.
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Ranch life -- Fiction.
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Cowboys -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Western stories.
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| ISBN |
0140186425 |
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9780140186420 |
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