This class novella tells the story of an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.

While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating a portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty power struggles, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.

A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.

One of Shakespeare's most popular and famous plays, Macbeth tells the tale of one man's violent rise to a position of power as king of his country, and of his even more violent downfall.  

This play speaks to many themes relevant today: ambition, corruption, manipulation, love and partnership, appearance vs reality, loyalty, family, and the consequences of our actions and choices.