An edition of The Pearl (1945)

The pearl

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An edition of The Pearl (1945)

The pearl

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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.

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Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Pages
90

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American fiction (fictional works by one author) Open Library Staff Picks Avaricia Buceadores de perlas Family Fishers Men Fiction Parábolas Avarice Pearl divers Parables Pearls Ficción Greed Historical Fiction Good and evil Human behaviour Mexico, fiction American literature Fiction, general Perlas Novela Reading (Elementary) Children's literature Study and teaching Children Books and reading South america, fiction Fiction, thrillers, suspense Wealth Fiction & literature classics American fiction World literature Fiction subjects Peoples & cultures - fiction Littérature américaine Romans, nouvelles

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Cover of: Inci
Inci
Jan 03, 2017, Sel Yayıncılık, Sel Yaynclk
paperback in Turkish
Cover of: La perla
La perla
December 2003, Edhasa
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The pearl
The pearl
2002, Penguin Books
in English - John Steinbeck centennial ed. (1902-2002)
Cover of: The pearl
The pearl
1994, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Die Perle
Die Perle
1992, DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch
Cover of: The Pearl
The Pearl
May 1990, Mandarin
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: The pearl
The pearl
1988, Bantam Books, Bantam, Turtleback Books
in English
Cover of: The pearl
The pearl
1986, Viking
in English
Cover of: The Pearl
The Pearl
September 4, 1970, Pan Books
Paperback - New Impression edition
Cover of: The Pearl
The Pearl
1964-06, Bantam Pathfinder Editions / Bantam Books
in English - Bantam Pathfinder ediiton, 22nd printing

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Published in
New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3537.T3234 P4 1986, PS3537.T3234P4 1986, PZ3.S8195 Pe

The Physical Object

Pagination
90 p. ;
Number of pages
90

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2708722M
ISBN 10
0670545759
LCCN
86001299, 47012205
OCLC/WorldCat
743812
LibraryThing
2977712
Goodreads
6531789

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7966118W

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Work Description

A novel.

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