In this unit we shall study John Steinbeck’s famous novella Of Mice and Men. We shall give you a detailed summary of the novel chapter wise and make a critical analysis of each. 1.1 Introduction Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindle stiff in the 1
