Title: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption
Description: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled Hope Springs Eternal. The novella has also been published as a standalone book. The story is entirely told by the character Red, in a narrative he claims to have been writing from September 1975 to January 1976, with an additional chapter added in spring 1977.


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Also appears in:

 - [Different Seasons][2]
 - [Novels: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption / Apt Pupil][3]
 - [Stephen King Goes to the Movies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917553W/Stephen_King_Goes_to_the_Movies)

  [1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/audiobook/shawshank_redemption_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81621W/Different_Seasons
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917077W/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption_Apt_Pupil
Subjects: fiction, prisoners, prisons, Large type books, Maine, fiction, Fiction, general, Prisoners, Fiction, Prisons
Places: Shawshank Prison
People: Andy Dufresne, Chester, Ernie, Jim, Red, Elmore Armitage, Henry Backus, Dickie Betts, Elwood Blatch, Sherwood Bolton, Paul Bonsaint, David Burkes, Johnny Callahan, Tom Chatterton, Linda Collins, Robert Alan Cote, Bogs Diamond, Linda Dufresne, George Dunahy, Durham, Mert Entwhistle, Richard Gonyar, Byron Hadley, Billy Hanlon, Brooks Hatlen, Homer Jessup, Kendricks, Charlie Lathrop, Lonborg, Rooster MacBride, Frank Malzone, Rennie Martin, Lieutenant, Mincher, Beaver Morrison, Sid Nedau, Chief Normaden, Mrs. Norton, Samuel Norton, O'Malley, Henry Pugh, Glenn Quentin, Governor Reed, Jake Sherwood, Logan St. Pierre, Gret Stammas, Peter Stevens, Rory Tremont, Pete Verness, Tommy Williams, Tim Youngblood