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Of Mice and Men
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Start date
July 1, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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Short Story/Novella Collection
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Naomi
Aug 12, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I had no idea what to expect going into this. This was never assigned to me in school, but I bought a second hand copy a few weeks ago and took it along to read today as a lightweight option in my heavy bag. I read this in basically one sitting. I simply did not want to put it down. I really had no idea what this was about, and was surprised at how short and small a book it is, for something so famous. But this was so unexpectedly (or maybe expectedly, for a classic) good and sad and warm all at ...more
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Steinbeck definitely knows how to tell a good story but I just couldn’t escape a feeling that he's over-simplifying his characters. ...more
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