... workers, Lennie and George. It is about the friendship they have between them and how the other workers relate to it. The story is also about loneliness among the fellow ranch people and their attitudes towards each other and to the women in it. The other story that I will also be looking at is 'Tony Kytes, The Arch Deceiver'. Written by Thomas Hardy, this story was written in the late 1800's. Most of Hardy's novels and short stories are set in Wessex. The simple reason for this is that Hardy himself was born in the county of Dorset. His mother, who could read but not write, was determined that her eldest son should have a better education than she had had. Since he was always interested in building, he began a career as an architect and wrote novels alongside this. Later on, as he got married, he took up ...

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