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East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club) by John Steinbeck is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called **East of Eden** "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, **East of Eden** is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. "A strange and original work of art."--New York Times Book Review.

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Author

John Steinbeck

Publisher

Viking Children's Books

Published

1952

Language

EN

ISBN

9780142004234

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Political Science, Fiction

Rating

4.35 / 5 (311 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13