East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck)

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novel

East of Eden is a 1952 novel by John Steinbeck that reimagines the biblical story of Cain and Abel through the intertwined lives of two families in California’s Salinas Valley.

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adaptedInto East of Eden (1955 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
East of Eden (1981 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
author John Steinbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Biblical story of Cain and Abel ⓘ
containsAutobiographicalElements yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo John Steinbeck's sons NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploresHumanNature yes ⓘ
exploresMorality yes ⓘ
exploresReligion yes ⓘ
featuresFamily Hamilton family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trask family NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre biblical allegory ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
novel ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasConcept timshel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNarrator partially autobiographical narrator resembling John Steinbeck ⓘ
hasTheme family conflict ⓘ
free will ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
identity ⓘ
inheritance of sin ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Adam Trask NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aron Trask NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cal Trask NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cathy Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor biblical parallels ⓘ
complex characters ⓘ
interweaving family histories ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount about 600 pages ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of John Steinbeck's major works ⓘ
publicationDate 1952 ⓘ
publisher The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form: Viking Press
setIn California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salinas Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
timshelMeaning thou mayest ⓘ
titleOrigin Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
phrase "east of Eden" in the Bible ⓘ

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Cal Trask → appearsIn → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
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Aron Trask → appearsIn → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
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Aron Trask → firstPublicationContext → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (1952 novel)
Adam Trask → appearsIn → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden
Adam Trask → firstAppearance → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (1952 novel)
Raymond Massey as Adam Trask → basedOnWork → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (novel)
Jo Van Fleet as Cathy Ames → basedOnCharacterFrom → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
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Cathy Ames → appearsIn → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden
Cathy Ames → firstAppearance → East of Eden (novel by John Steinbeck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: East of Eden (1952 novel)