East of Eden Chapters 22-27: Thou Mayest

Steinbeck made a box just like this one to hold his manuscript. Under the title is “timshel” in Hebrew script.

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When I first read East of Eden ten years ago, these chapters in the middle of the book are what stood out most to me. The moving, wide-ranging conversations between Samuel, Lee, and Adam get at the book's central themes — and,…