The Yearling
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| Author | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's book |
| Publisher | |
| Released | 1938 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 416 (Mass Market Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
The Yearling is a 1938 novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939.
Rawlings's editor was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and other literary luminaries. She had submitted several projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all. He instructed her to write about what she knew from her own life, and the result of her taking his advice was The Yearling.
It was adapted into a film in 1946, starring Gregory Peck as Ezra Baxter. A Japanese animated version (titled "Kojika Monogatari") was created in 1983.
[edit] Plot synopsis
A child named Jody Baxter lives with his parents in the animal-filled Florida swamplands. He adopts a fawn, whom he names Flag, that becomes his constant companion over the year.
[edit] Characters
Ezra Baxter: also known as Penny, used to be in the army. Son of a preacher. Father of Jody.
Ora Baxter: mother of Jody
Jody Baxter: the son of Ora and Penny Baxter
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| Preceded by The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand |
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel 1939 |
Succeeded by The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
