Of Mice and Men: with Notes: With Notes (Longman Literature Steinbeck)

click here for more details, find new or used items	John Steinbeck, Jim Taylor Our price £6.00 (£7.50) New from £4.48 Used from £3.23 Pages: 168 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0582461464 Pub: Longman Pub date: 2000-09-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 290

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Review by GCSE Student (0/0 people found this helpful)

I read Of Mice and Men as part of a practice GCSE exercise with my class and found myself pleasantly surprised at the quality of writing. Steinbeck clearly deserved his Nobel Prize in literature and this classic piece of American literature is evidence. The author uses simple but appropriate language to portray the era of the Great Depression (1930s). The book is rather slow but enticing as the slow build up gives way for a truly original climax. Demonstrating a mastery of language, description and dialogue, 'Of Mice and Men' is truly emotional and deals with a lot of the problems faced in the 1930s and our outlook on society in general.

Of mice and men (0/0 people found this helpful)

This book inspired me by the way that George stuck with Lennie even though he dragged George down. The book had a nice story behind it and before the characters were introduced there was some good description setting a good scene. The book really dragged you into 1933 where I began to understand the tough circumstances of that era. The book was hard to put down and built up to some cliff-hangers. It had a shock ending and I felt sorry for George having to do what he did to his best friend.
Their dream was picturesque but in reality I doubt it would have worked out the way they planned. But overall I thought it was an interesting read that I enjoyed.

An interesting read (1/1 people found this helpful)

On first impressions, I assumed that `Of Mice and Men' would be a mystical tale of enchanted wizardry and etc. Unfortunately, it was not so but it was still a rather enchanting yet different novel. I liked the time period that it was set in (1933, the depression years.) I enjoyed reading the old-time American dialect amongst my classmates. The novel features a surprise towards the end of the book which was interesting. Although it may have only been a short read in the first place, I felt that at some points Steinbeck un-necessarily added too much detail in which he seemed to deviate from the story. Although I fairly enjoyed this novel, I felt that I could be nothing more than a class read or just a book to pass the time. It could possibly read again in years to come.

5 star for sure (1/1 people found this helpful)

There's no question about it - this is a quality book, and I'm not only talking about John Steinbeck's amazing writing talent, I'm talking about the GCSE help inside it. I made me really understand the book as well as enjoy it massively.

Just buy it, and it's good value as always on Amazon!

Love the book, but... (3/4 people found this helpful)

I love 'Of Mice and Men' and have just finished reading it for school, in this edition. However the notes at the beginning of each chapter tell you what's going to happen! This completely spoilt the ending for me.

I would recommend reading an ordinary version first, to preserve suprise. However the notes are useful for study and revision.

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