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The Pearl
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For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream--that wealth erases all problems--Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence.
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- ISBN-13: 9780140187380
- ISBN-10: 0140187383
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publish Date: October 1994
- Dimensions: 7.77 x 5.1 x 0.33 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.23 pounds
- Page Count: 128
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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