The pearl /

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

The pearl / John Steinbeck - New York : Penguin Books, 1947, 1992. - 90 pages : 19 cm

First pub. in the Woman's home companion under the title: The pearl of the world.

Based on a Mexican folktale, this is the story of a great pearl found by a poor fisherman, the sorrow it brought to his family, and how it was lost again.

0670545759 9780670545759 0140187383 (papbk) 9780140187380 (papbk)

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Pearl divers--Fiction.
Avarice--Fiction.
Parables.
Avarice.
Parables.
Pearl divers.


Mexico--Fiction.
Mexico.


Fiction.
Parables.

PZ3.S8195 / Pe PS3537.T43 / P41 1947

813.52