Later, after giving birth to twin boys, she shoots Adam and leaves him to return to her former profession… Steinbeck's inspiration for the novel comes from the fourth chapter of Genesis, verses one through sixteen, which recounts the story of Cain and Abel. Adam eventually marries Cathy Ames, an evil, manipulative, and beautiful prostitute she betrays him, joining Charles on the very night of their wedding.
Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts of two generations of brothers, the first being the kind, gentle Adam Trask and his wild brother Charles.
East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s passionate and exhilarating epic, re-creates the seminal stories of Genesis through the intertwined lives of two American families.
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