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Of Mice and Men is a novella written by author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.
Of Mice and Men takes its title from a famous lyric by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 - 1796). Burns's poem To a Mouse contains the lines, The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry. Nearly all of the main characters Of Mice and Men harbor dreams and plans that never come true.