
EAST
OF EDEN
JOHN
STEINBECK
PENGUIN BOOKS
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First published in the United States of
America by
The Viking Press 1952
First published in Canada by The Macmillan
Company of
Canada Limited 1952
Viking Compass Edition published 1970
Reprinted 1974
Published in Penguin Books 1979
Copyright 1952 by John Steinbeck
All rights reserved
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CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
East of Eden.
I. Title.
[PZ3.S8195Eas 1979] [PS3537.T3234]
813’.5’2 79-14915
ISBN 0 14 00.4997 5
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Table of
Contents
Letter to Pascal Covici
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Part Two
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Part Three
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26