![]() ![]() ![]() This volume collects four novels that exhibit the full range of his gift, along with a travel book that has become one of his most enduringly popular works. ![]() John Steinbeck was never content to repeat himself, and his restless search for new forms and fresh subject matter is fully evident in the books of his later years. The story unfolds with the power and inevitability of a Greek tragedy, as Lennie commits an accidental murder, and George, in a riveting, deeply moving finale, must do what he can to make things turn our right. But their hopes, like "the best-laid schemes of mice and men," begin to go awry. When they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, the dream at last seems within reach. Despite their difference, George and Lennie are bound together by a shared vision: their own small farm, where they'll raise cows, pigs, chickens, and rabbits, where they'll be their own bosses and live off the fat of the land. George is small, wiry, sharp-tongued and quick-tempered slow witted Lennie is his opposite-an immense man, brutishly strong but naturally docile, a giant with the mind of a child. Originally published in 1937, it's the timeless story of George Milton and Lennie Small, ranch hands who drift from job to job, always one step ahead of the law and a few dollars from the poorhouse. Of Mice and Men was John Steinbeck's first masterpiece. ![]()
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