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The Pearl by John Steinbeck

4.0

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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A short parable that packs a big punch. Follows similar Steinbeck themes about the poor and downtrodden and the system that holds them down and offers no way of escape. Not quite up there with Of Mice and Men, but still worth an hour of your time, and holds more wisdom in its 90 pages than modern novels 5 times as long.