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East of Eden / John Steinbeck with an introduction by David Wyatt.
Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: Camberwell : Penguin, 2003.Description: xxix, 601 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780141185071
- Fathers and sons -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Murder -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Poor -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Jealousy -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Revenge -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Rich people -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | STE | Available | 053764 |
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Reprinted with an introduction first published in the USA, 1992 -Originally published: United States: Viking, 1952.
Includes bibliographical references.
Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re- enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
