Rare Books

East of Eden

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Description: 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 Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1952.
Call number: 657129
Creator: Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for The Huntington from Funke Literary, LLC by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2025.
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: Fearnley, John, (1914-)
Associated organizations: Viking Press,; H. Wolff, Inc.,
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