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When Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, finds a magnificent pearl - 'the Pearl of the World' - he believes that all his dreams can come true. He will marry his wife in the church wearing fine new clothes, their infant son will never want for anything - least of all the medicine so recently denied to him - and the boy might one day go to school, learn to read and write. But Kin's vision of a bright future blinds him to the greed and fear the pearl arouses in his neighbours and in himself, and his shining dream begins to blacken and twist. . .
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The Pearl, John Steinbeck
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- The Pearl
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Steinbeck
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0140292934
- ISBN13
- 9780140292930
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Classics, Family, Short Stories, School, American Literature, Death, Life, Adapted for Film, Novellas, Journey, Escape, Money, Happiness, Struggle for Power, Poverty, Frauds, Danger, Guilt, Doctors, Mountains and Ranges, Thefts and Robberies, Wealth, Mexico, Brutality, Attacks, Arson, Antihero
- First published
- 1947
- Original title
- The Pearl
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- When Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, finds a magnificent pearl - 'the Pearl of the World' - he believes that all his dreams can come true. He will marry his wife in the church wearing fine new clothes, their infant son will never want for anything - least of all the medicine so recently denied to him - and the boy might one day go to school, learn to read and write. But Kin's vision of a bright future blinds him to the greed and fear the pearl arouses in his neighbours and in himself, and his shining dream begins to blacken and twist. . .