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        East Of Eden


        setting

        Salinas Valley, California

        time

        Post-WWI

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1952

        page count

        601

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        The Trask family, the Hamilton family

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)