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One of the greatest novels of our time, John Steinbeck’s emotionally charged multigenerational saga follows the fate of two families as they grapple with love, rivalry and redemption.

A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors

A Penguin Classic

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 ...

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