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John Steinbeck regarded *East of Eden* as his masterpiece, a novel that draws on his own life and the history of the San Joaquin Valley. Spanning three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families, it examines identity, guilt, and the free will of individuals in early twentieth‑century California. Biblical motifs—such as the Fall, Cain and Abel—frame the central moral conflict between good and evil.
First publish date: 1952
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: John Steinbeck
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