Pearl

Contributor(s): Steinbeck, John (Author)

ISBN: 9780140177374

Publisher: Penguin Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$13.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$25.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$24.75 (100+ copies: $24.00)

List/retail price:

$13.00

Pub Date: February 1, 1993

Dewey: FIC

Lexile Code: 1010

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 7.30" L x 4.10" W ( 0.15 lbs) 96 pages

BISAC Categories:

Fiction | Classics | Literary | Psychological

Series: Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000007119 ( Pearl)

Reading level: 7.10

Interest level: UG

Point value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "... based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love"--Back cover.

Review Quotes: "[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes."--The New Yorker

"Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work." --Commonweal

"[Steinbeck has] long trained his prose style for such a task as this: that supple unstrained, muscular power, responsive to the slightest pull of the reins."--Chicago Sunday Times

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