The green mile
a novel in six parts
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The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was originally released in six volumes before being republished as a single-volume work. The book is an example of magical realism.
The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996. In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".
Contains:
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The Two Dead Girls
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The Mouse on the Mile
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Coffey's Hands
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The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
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Night Journey
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Coffey on the Mile
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Subjects
horror fiction
fiction
death row inmates
prisons
Executions and executioners
jails
sisters
murder
horror
prison officials and employees
American Horror tales
mice
Serialized fiction
mystery
Murderers
Horror tales
suspense fiction
Penitentiary
Paranormal fiction
Prisoners
death row
Prison wardens
African American healers
miracles
serialised fiction
serial
First-person narrative
nursing homes
rape
Cajuns
arsonists
Native Americans
insurance fraud
psychiatric hospitals
electrodes
electric chairs
electric current
psychics
urinary tract infections
empathy
straitjackets
solitary confinement
catatonia
supernatural
mystery and detective stories
Open Library Staff Picks
Cuentos de terror
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Prisiones
Chang pian xiao shuo
Coffey, john (fictitious character), fiction
Fiction, horror
Georgia, fiction
John Coffey (Fictitious character)
Fiction, thrillers, suspense
People
Bowser
Mr. Jingles
Sir Galahad
Steamboat Willie
Christopher
Danielle
Hermione
Lionel
Tessa
Curtis Anderson
Jane Austen
Kent Avery
Battle
Arlen Bitterbuck
Hank Bitterman
Will Bonney
Sam Broderick Catlett
John Coffey
Elaine Connelly
Cray
Homer Cribus
Mrs. Cribus
Jeff David
Eduard Delacroix
Roy Delfines
Cora Detterick Howard Detterick Kathe Detterick
Klaus Detterick
Marjorie Detterick
Bill Dodge
Brad Dolan
Pastor Donaldson
Duplissey
Janice Edgecombe
Paul Edgecombe
Paul Edgecombe Sr.
Arthur Flanders
Toot-Toot Gibbons
Arden Hammersmith
Burt Hammersmith
Caleb Hammersmith
Cynthia Hammersmith
Miss Hannah
Dr. Haverstrom
Sam Hollis
Herbert Hoover
Brutus Howell
Chuck Howland
Mrs. Javits
Magnusson
Elmer Manfred
Bobo Marchant
Beverly McCall
Lester McCall
Rob McGee
Hal Moores
Melinda Moores
Clarence Mulford
George Peterson
Eve Price
Anthony Ray
Ringgold
Robinette
Roosevelt
Betsy Ross
Dr. Sadler
Brother Schuster
Daphne Shurtleff
Dean Stanton
Harry Terwilliger
Hack Van Hay
Percy Wetmore
Rolfe Wettermark
Mrs. Wharton
William Wharton
Richard Widmark
Places
United States
Briar Ridge
Georgia Pines
Cold Mountain Penitentiary
E Block
Green Mile
Death Row
Book Details
Edition Notes
- Published in
- New York
The Physical Object
- Format
- paperback
Edition Identifiers
- Open Library
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OL26642586M
- ISBN 10
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0452278902
Work Identifiers
- Work ID
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OL81629W
Excerpts
This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.
added by
Lisa.
first sentence
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