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Bible (Holy Bible) influenced East of Eden
Added by · 29 June 2026
The evidence
John Steinbeck explicitly based East of Eden on the biblical Book of Genesis, specifically the narrative of Adam and Eve, their sons Cain and Abel, and the fall of humankind. The novel reimagines these biblical stories across generations of two families (the Trasks and the Hamiltons) in California's Salinas Valley.
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