John Steinbeck "The Pearl"

Category: Intermediate (B1-B2)

John Steinbeck

This is a story about Kino, his wife Juana and their baby Coyotito. Kino was a poor Mexican-Indian. He made his money by fishing for pearls - valuable stones found inside the shell of oysters. Kino’s life was poor and simple until he found the largest pearl in the world. He thought that the pearl would bring happiness to his family. But instead of happiness, the pearl brought fear and danger.

Text Analysis: Unique words: about 1,600. Total words: 18,670

Hard words: the cockerels were beginning to crow, sound of the waves to the beach, corncakes, neighbours, wound, beggars, race, ashamed, plaster, seaweed, oyster beds, repairs, plan, insect, hate, destroy, greedy, cheat, fair price, capital, cruel, tracks, sweat, puppies

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