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East of Eden / John Steinbeck.

by Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

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Penguin Books, 1992.

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Children of prostitutes -- Fiction.

Brothers -- Fiction.

Sibling rivalry -- Fiction.

Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Penguin twentieth-century classics

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9780142004234 (2002 Penguin trade pbk.)

9780140186390 (1992 Penguin Classic trade pbk.)

0140049975 (1986 Penguin Books pbk.)

0142000655 (2002 Penguin trade pbk. : Steinbeck Centennial ed.)

9780670033041 (2003 Viking hc. : Steinbeck Centennial ed.)

1 v. (various pagings).

First published in 1952.

1992 Penguin Classics edition has an introduction by David Wyatt.

A symbolic recreation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel woven into a history of California's Salinas Valley. Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts of two generations of brothers; the first being the kind, gentle Adam Trask and his wild brother Charles. Adam eventually marries Cathy Ames, an evil, manipulative, and beautiful prostitute; she betrays him, joining Charles on the very night of their wedding. Later, after giving birth to twin boys, she shoots Adam and leaves him to return to her former profession. In the shadow of this heritage Adam raises their sons, the fair-haired, winning, yet intractable Aron, and the dark, clever Caleb. This second generation of brothers vie for their father's approval. In bitterness Caleb reveals the truth about their mother to Aron, who then joins the army and is killed in France.

Historical fiction.

Classic fiction.

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