The pearl /
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
The pearl / John Steinbeck. - John Steinbeck School edition (1902-2002). - New York : Pearson Education Limited 2000. - 133 p. ; 22 cm - New longman Literature .
"Originally published in Woman's home companion as 'The pearl of the world'"--T.p. verso.
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.
9780582461475
Pearl divers--Fiction.
Avarice--Fiction.
--Fiction.--Mexico
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PS3537.T32 / S74 2000
The pearl / John Steinbeck. - John Steinbeck School edition (1902-2002). - New York : Pearson Education Limited 2000. - 133 p. ; 22 cm - New longman Literature .
"Originally published in Woman's home companion as 'The pearl of the world'"--T.p. verso.
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.
9780582461475
Pearl divers--Fiction.
Avarice--Fiction.
--Fiction.--Mexico
--655 7 Parables.|2lcgft|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms /gf2014026467 655 7 Parables.|2gsafd 655 7 Fiction.|2lcgft|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/ gf2014026339
PS3537.T32 / S74 2000