"particular, critics found the character Cathy (and her brutality) to be wildly unbelievable and off-putting. Others found Steinbeck's philosophy to be too strong in the novel, and claimed that he was a moralist. According to critics, Steinbeck's portrayal of good and evil was both hyperbolic and oversimplified, especially in the character of Cathy. Besides critiquing the major themes of the novel, others attacked his construction and narrative. For example, critics were perplexed at lack of unity in the novel as Steinbeck attempted to incorporate the stories of two families. Many found the first-person narrator distracting, as it appears inconsistently throughout"
"The Garden of Eden (novel) The Garden of Eden is the second posthumously released novel of Ernest Hemingway, published in 1986. It was begun in 1946, and Hemingway worked on the manuscript for the next 15 years, during which time he also wrote ""The Old Man and the Sea"", ""The Dangerous Summer"", ""A Moveable Feast"", and ""Islands in the Stream"". The novel is fundamentally the story of five months in the lives of David Bourne, an American writer, and his wife Catherine. It is set mainly in the French Riviera, specifically in the Côte d'Azur, and in Spain. The story"
"James Scott Linville, former editor of ""The Paris Review"". In March 2011, the film went on sale on iTunes and with other vendors. The Garden of Eden (novel) The Garden of Eden is the second posthumously released novel of Ernest Hemingway, published in 1986. It was begun in 1946, and Hemingway worked on the manuscript for the next 15 years, during which time he also wrote ""The Old Man and the Sea"", ""The Dangerous Summer"", ""A Moveable Feast"", and ""Islands in the Stream"". The novel is fundamentally the story of five months in the lives of David Bourne, an American"
"as a reference to the Book of Genesis. Adam and Eve are driven east out of the Garden of Eden. Being ""west of Eden"", then, is a reference to the counterhistorical premise of the novel. West of Eden West of Eden is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison. In the parallel universe of this novel, Earth was not struck by an asteroid 65 million years before the present. Consequently, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs and other related reptiles never happened, leaving the way clear for an intelligent species to eventually evolve from"
"The Ashes of Eden The Ashes of Eden is a ""Star Trek"" novel co-written by William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as part of the ""Shatnerverse"" series of novels. This is Shatner's first ""Trek"" collaboration. The audio adaptation of the book is notable as the first time in the entire ""Star Trek"" franchise that the famous phrase ""Beam me up, Scotty"" is uttered in that form. The novel opens with Ambassador Spock on planet Veridian III following the events of ""Star Trek Generations"". He is standing at the site where Captain Jean-Luc Picard had buried Captain James T. Kirk,"
"Marilyn Harris (writer) Marilyn Harris (June 4, 1931 — January 18, 2002) was an American author best known for her seven-novel ""Eden"" series, an historical saga about the Eden family of England. The series contains ""This Other Eden"" (1977); ""The Prince of Eden"" (1978); ""The Eden Passion"" (1979); ""The Women of Eden"" (1980); ""Eden Rising"" (1982); ""American Eden"" (1987); and ""Eden and Honor"" (1989). She is also the author of the best selling novel, ""Hatter Fox"" (1973), adapted into a 1977 CBS movie, ""The Girl Called Hatter Fox"". Harris was born on June 4, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the"
"West of Eden West of Eden is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison. In the parallel universe of this novel, Earth was not struck by an asteroid 65 million years before the present. Consequently, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs and other related reptiles never happened, leaving the way clear for an intelligent species to eventually evolve from mosasaurs, a family of Late Cretaceous marine lizards closely related to the modern monitor lizards. The intelligent reptiloid species is called the ""Yilanè"", and represents the dominant life form on most of the planet. However,"
"Return to Eden (novel) Return To Eden is a 1988 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison. The novel is the third and final volume in Harrison's ""Eden"". The first two stories of the trilogy are ""West of Eden"" and ""Winter in Eden"". The novel tells an alternate history of planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. There is a war between a group of Cro-Magnon-level humans, who are descended from New World monkeys, and a reptilian race called the Yilanè, who are descended from the prehistoric mosasaur and have become the dominant lifeform on"
"Ellen Wood (author) Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 181410 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She is best remembered for her 1861 novel ""East Lynne"", but many of her books became international bestsellers and widespread in the United States. In her time, she surpassed the fame of Charles Dickens in Australia. Ellen Price was born in Worcester in 1814. In 1836 she married Henry Wood, who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphiné in the South of France, where they lived for 20 years. On the failure of Wood's business, the"
"Christopher Evans (author) Christopher Evans (born 4th April 1951 in Tredegar, Wales) is a British science fiction writer and children's author. His novels include ""Capella's Golden Eyes"" (1980), ""The Insider"" (1981), ""Mortal Remains"" (1995) and ""Ice Tower"" (2000). He is the co-editor (with Robert Holdstock) of three original SF anthologies, ""Other Edens"" (1987), ""Other Edens II"" (1988) and ""Other Edens III"" (1989). Evans won the BSFA award for the 1993 novel ""Aztec Century"", which Iain M. Banks described as 'intelligent, finely written, and towards the end, absolutely nail-biting.' In addition to his works for younger readers, he wrote the tie-in"
"East (novel) East (also known as North Child in the UK and Australia) is a 2003 novel by the author Edith Pattou. It is an adaptation of an old Norwegian folk tale entitled ""East of the Sun and West of the Moon"" and is an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. The novel is written in a style similar to that of Brian Jacques, including the use of a change in point of view in each chapter. When Arne married the superstitious Eugenia, he agreed to have seven children with her—one for each point of the compass, excluding"
"College Distinguished Alumna Award, 1981. Harris married Edgar V. Springer, Jr., a professor, in 1953; the couple had two children: John P. and Karen Louise. She died in Norman, Oklahoma, on January 18, 2002. Marilyn Harris (writer) Marilyn Harris (June 4, 1931 — January 18, 2002) was an American author best known for her seven-novel ""Eden"" series, an historical saga about the Eden family of England. The series contains ""This Other Eden"" (1977); ""The Prince of Eden"" (1978); ""The Eden Passion"" (1979); ""The Women of Eden"" (1980); ""Eden Rising"" (1982); ""American Eden"" (1987); and ""Eden and Honor"" (1989). She is"
"East of the Mountains East of the Mountains is a novel by American author David Guterson, first published in 1999, and in paperback in 2000. His second full novel, it marks something of a change of pace from the taut courtroom drama of ""Snow Falling on Cedars"" (1994), being primarily focused on the chance actions and introspective musings of its protagonist over the course of a few days. Dr. Ben Givens is a 73-year-old retired Cardiothoracic surgeon and a widower, recently diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Still haunted by his experiences as a soldier in the war, and in mourning"
"Emily Barton Emily Barton (born 1969) is an American novelist, critic, and academic. She is the author of three novels: ""The Testament of Yves Gundron"" (2000), ""Brookland"" (2006) and ""The Book of Esther"" (2016). Barton was raised in New Jersey, where she attended Kent Place School. She attended Harvard College, from which she graduated ""summa cum laude"" and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. She also earned an MFA in fiction writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Barton’s first novel, ""The Testament of Yves Gundron"", was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in January 2000. The"
"Emily Eden Emily Eden (3 March 1797 – 5 August 1869) was an English poet and novelist who gave witty accounts of English life in the early 19th century. Born in Westminster, Eden was the seventh daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and his wife Eleanor Elliot. She was the great-great-great-aunt of Prime Minister Anthony Eden. In her late thirties, she and her sister Fanny travelled to India, where her brother George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland was in residence there as Governor-General from 1835 to 1842. She wrote accounts of her time in India, later collected in the"
"novels, such as ""East of Eden"". To a God Unknown To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. The book was Steinbeck's third novel (after his unsuccessful ""Cup of Gold""). Steinbeck found ""To a God Unknown"" extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novella proved more time-consuming than either ""East of Eden"" or ""The Grapes of Wrath"", Steinbeck's longest novels. In this short novel, Steinbeck explores the relationship of man to his land. The plot follows a man, Joseph Wayne, who moves to California in order to establish a"
"Elites of Eden Elites of Eden is a dystopian young adult novel by American Joey Graceffa. It is the sequel to Children of Eden and was released on October 3, 2017. Yarrow, a member of the elite ruling class, attends the posh Oaks boarding school. Yarrow is nearly at the top of the school's social heirarchy, only beneath Pearl. After the mysterious Lark enrolls, Yarrow learns she's really Rowan. The book received mediocre reviews. Common Sense Media gave the novel a rating of three out of five stars, criticizing the plot but commenting that stating, ""younger teens may enjoy the"
"E. Temple Thurston Ernest Charles Temple Thurston (23 September 1879 – 19 March 1933) was a British poet, playwright and author. Thurston was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, England. the youngest of four children of brewery manager Frank Joseph Thurston and his wife Georgina Temple. The family moved from Halesworth to Maidstone and then, after the death of Georgina in 1895, left England to live with Thurston Snr's mother in Ballintemple, Cork. Thurston began his writing career with two books of poems, which he published when he was sixteen, followed two years later by ""The Apple of Eden"". For many years"
"Cathy Ames Cathy Ames, later known as Kate Trask or Kate Albey, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in John Steinbeck's novel ""East of Eden"". She is the wife of main protagonist Adam Trask, and the mother of his twin sons, Caleb and Aron. Beneath her charming, attractive facade, she is an evil woman who manipulates and destroys people for her own amusement and profit. Steinbeck characterizes her as a ""psychic monster"" with a ""malformed soul"". In 1951, Steinbeck wrote a series of letters, known as ""The Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters"", to his"
"""East of Eden"" (1952), and the novellas ""Of Mice and Men"" (1937) and ""The Red Pony"" (1937). The Pulitzer Prize-winning ""The Grapes of Wrath"" (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was"
"Angels family vault in Haworth. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ""Wuthering Heights"", now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Market Street in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern"
"Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ""Wuthering Heights"", now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Market Street in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern England, to Maria Branwell and an Irish father,"
"literary work ever written. In 2015, writers from outside the UK voted it first among all British novels ""by a landslide"". The various film and television adaptations of Eliot's books have re-introduced her to the wider reading public. George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including ""Adam Bede"" (1859), ""The Mill on the Floss"" (1860), ""Silas Marner"" (1861), ""Romola"" (1862–63), ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72),"
"Children of Eden (Joey Graceffa) Children of Eden is a dystopian young adult novel released by Joey Graceffa on October 4, 2016. The novel was listed, and debuted on, The New York Times' Best Seller List, within the Young Adult Hardcover category on the week of October 23, 2016, according to ""the Times"". On May 31, 2017, Graceffa announced in his YouTube channel the sequel to his young adult novel. The sequel, titled, ""Elites of Eden"", which follows an ""Elite"" and lilac-haired girl named Yarrow and Lark, respectively, was released October 3, 2017. Reviews of the book have not been"
"E. L. James Erika Leonard (née Mitchell; born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is an English author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy ""Fifty Shades of Grey"", ""Fifty Shades Darker"", and ""Fifty Shades Freed"", along with the companion novels """" and """"; and under the name Snowqueen's Icedragon the Twilight fan fiction ""Master of the Universe"" that was the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy. The combined novels have sold over 125 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record in the United Kingdom as the"
"Eden (Lem novel) Eden is a 1958 social science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It was first published in 1958 in issues 211-271 of the newspaper ""Trybuna Robotnicza"". The first book edition was in 1959. It was first published in English in 1989 (). A starship crew—Captain (in the original, Coordinator), Doctor, Engineer, Chemist, Physicist and Cyberneticist (robotics expert)—crash land on an alien world they call Eden. After escaping their wrecked ship they set out to explore the planet, first traveling through an unsettling wilderness and coming upon an abandoned automated factory. There they find a constant cycle"
"1934. Alice Perrin by Melissa Edmundson Alice Perrin Alice Perrin or Alice Robinson (15 July, 1867 – 13 February, 1934) was a British novelist who wrote about the British in colonial India. She became successful after the publication of her short ghost story collection ""East of Suez"". Perrin was born in the hill station of Mussoorie in Anglo-India in 1867. Her parents were Bertha and her second husband John Innes Robinson. Her father would become a Major General in the Bengal Cavalry. and her great grandfather, Sir George Robinson, 1st Baronet had been a director of the East India Company."
"an adaptation of André Gide's book ""The Immoralist"", led to calls from Hollywood. In 1953, director Elia Kazan was looking for a substantive actor to play the emotionally complex role of 'Cal Trask', for screenwriter Paul Osborn's adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 novel ""East of Eden"". The lengthy novel deals with the story of the Trask and Hamilton families over the course of three generations, focusing especially on the lives of the latter two generations in Salinas Valley, California, from the mid-19th century through the 1910s. In contrast to the book, the film script focused on the last portion of"
"It is wonderful! It is an amazing experience, because you climb into a spirit or a soul that you have no idea you know, you can't even imagine it.” Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence will play Cathy Ames in the upcoming adaptation of ""East of Eden"" directed by Gary Ross. Cathy Ames Cathy Ames, later known as Kate Trask or Kate Albey, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in John Steinbeck's novel ""East of Eden"". She is the wife of main protagonist Adam Trask, and the mother of his twin sons, Caleb and Aron. Beneath her charming, attractive"
"but left in 2004. Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein, Eugene Winick's daughter, is currently the President of McIntosh & Otis. In 1931, John Steinbeck sent McIntosh & Otis a number of his early manuscripts based on the recommendation of Carl Wilhelmson. McIntosh & Otis gave Steinbeck positive encouragement, and he stuck with the firm as his only literary agency for the rest of his career, spanning nearly 40 years. In 1952, McIntosh & Otis sold the film rights of Steinbeck's classic novel ""East of Eden"" (1952) to Warner Brothers, which adapted it as a 1955 movie starring James Dean. Steinbeck received $125,000"
"is this individualism that eventually leads to Eden's suicide. He described the novel as a parable of a man who had to die ""not because of his lack of faith in God, but because of his lack of faith in men"". When Jack London wrote ""Martin Eden"" at age 33, he had already achieved international acclaim with ""The Call of the Wild"", ""The Sea-Wolf"" and ""White Fang"". Despite the acclaim, London quickly became disillusioned with his fame and set sail through the South Pacific on a self-designed ketch called the Snark. On the grueling two-year voyage—as he struggled with tiredness"
"Stein was the author of three books and a pioneer of the narrative form of oral history. Her final work was a cultural and political history of Los Angeles, ""West of Eden"", published by Random House in February 2016. In 1970, Stein authored, with George Plimpton as editor, a biography of Robert F. Kennedy, titled ""American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy"". With Plimpton, Stein co-wrote the best-selling book ""Edie: American Girl"", based on the life of socialite/actress and Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick, in 1982. Norman Mailer wrote of ""Edie"": ""This is the book of the Sixties that we"
"The Alleys of Eden The Alleys of Eden is the first published novel of Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler, first published in 1981. Set in Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War and the buildup to the American evacuation, the story revolves around Clifford Wilkes, the last U.S. Army deserter remaining in Saigon and his Vietnamese girlfriend Lanh, a former prostitute. The soldier has spent the last five years hiding in his lover’s small room in one of the countless back alleys of that sprawling city, afraid to venture far in case he is captured by"