Of Mice and Men Audiobook

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Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men remains one of America’s most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbecks dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured a number of actors who have played the iconic roles of George and Lennie on stage and film, including James Earl Jones, John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, this classic story of an unlikely pair, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression who grasp for their American Dream, profoundly touches readers and audiences alike. George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their owna couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like the best laid schemes omice an men, begin to go awry. Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands. A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. Download and start listening now!

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Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more than that; but it is thatIn sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story. – New York Times Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more than that; but it is that. . . . In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story.The New York TimesBrutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages. . . . The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom.Chicago TribuneA short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction.Times Literary Supplement [London] – Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pagesThe reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom. – Chicago Tribune A short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction. – Times Literary Supplement (London) Gary Sinises reading of John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men is nothing short of magnificent. Moving effortlessly from an eloquent, understated narrative voice to each characters quite particular presence, Sinise demonstrates a true command of the medium. At times, Sinise is so convincing that one is hard-pressed to believe that a single reader could be responsible for so many varied characterizations. Thanks to such a skilled reading, this audio edition captures every nuance of Steinbecks austere prose and the full power of the novels tragic denouement. Top to bottom, its a masterful retelling of an American classic. – AudioFile