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Short stories · 1937

The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

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Short stories · 1937 · American · Modern

The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

Four linked stories of Jody Tiflin's education by animals and old men.

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The gentlest cruelty in American fiction: a boy learns that competence and love do not prevent loss.

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