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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Hated it. I really don't understand why he is such a celebrated author. (  ) trinibaby9 | Nov 24, 2009 |  This simple, beautifully written tale of friendship is one of my favorites. I can't read it often because it does make me cry. (  ) EnglishGeek13 | Nov 23, 2009 | This classic novel tells the tragic tale of Lennie Small and George Milton. They are out of luck and out of work migrant workers roaming the highways of California during the 1920s. The depression is the backdrop for the story but that does not prevent Lennie and George from dreaming big. Steinbeck paints a masterful and brilliant portrait of a bygone era that still resonates today. Every time I read this book it reads differently. This is required reading for most high schools. Fifteen years after I originally read I still love it. However, the difference between reading it at 14 and 28 is amazing. Lennie and George are some of the best characters of 20th Century Literature. I highly reccommend picking this one up. (  ) mickmckeown | Nov 17, 2009 | “Of Mice and Men” is an ingenious book about the American dream. To me this book should go down is history as a classic. Lennie and George are characters that represent lower class people wanting to be in a higher class. As the book progresses we learn more and more about the different characters and their viewpoints. Because of Lennie’s condition the book can be read on a much higher level. The book ends in an intense twist that to me was the right thing to do. After completing the book I had to think about it as a whole before understanding its true meaning. I recommend this book to everyone, especially people interested in a great story. ( ) ucla148 | Nov 13, 2009 | I had to read this book for my english class and I loved it. At first I really didn't think that I would because I was kind of on a vampire story kick at the time but this book was great. (  ) kelsyb2010 | Nov 4, 2009 | 
 To Americans whose eyes are still smarting from the unhappy ending of the Wall Street fairy tale of 1929, John Steinbeck's little dream story will not seem out of line with reality; they may even overlook the fact that it too is a fairy tale. An oxymoronic combination of the tough & tender, Of Mice and Men will appeal to sentimental cynics, cynical sentimentalists.  "Of Mice and Men" is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished.
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