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The Pearl: Penguin Classics

By: John Steinbeck, Jose-Luis Orozco, Linda Wagner-Martin
Narrated by: Hector Elizondo
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When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana, and their son, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours.

Written with lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilised world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.

©1947 John Steinbeck (P)2021 Penguin Audio Classics
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As good as when I grew up

What a pleasure to dive again in this story that I loved as a child and relived all over again. Short and great!

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Short-Told Masterpiece Brought To Life

Great performance of this allegorical masterwork of a novella from one of American’s greatest writers

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