... (1951). The next highly successful novel from Steinbeck since Tortilla Flat encased the saga of the Salinas Valley and much of his own family's history. This novel was titled East of Eden and published in 1952. The following years of Steinbeck's life were spent in New York City and Sag Harbor with his third wife, with whom he adored and traveled with ... : A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), Journal of Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Viva Zapata! Pub...

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... migrate west to California for a better and more sustainable life. This is exactly what he did after college while working as a laborer. The last classic that Steinbeck wrote was East of Eden. Which follows the stories of how friendships are made between two families and friendships are an ideal aspect of life and they should not be taken for granted (Hinds 50 ... ...

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... ) presents a morality tale about characters who supposedly represent middle-class society. Burning Bright (1950) preached universal brotherhood but was largely unsuccessful. Steinbeck devoted several years to his most ambitious project, East of Eden (1952; film, 1955), which paralleled the history of his mother's family and was an allegorical modernization of the biblical story of Adam. Subsequent novels proved anticlimactic--Sweet Thursday (1954 ... ...

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