East of Eden | What Do I Read Next?

Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered his finest work. It describes the plight of migrant workers in California in the 1930s through the story of one family that makes its way to California from Oklahoma.

Like Steinbeck, English romantic poet Lord Byron was inspired by the story of Cain. His dramatic poem “Cain: A Dramatic Mystery in Three Acts” is an attack on Christianity as well as on political and social institutions in nineteenth century England. It can be found in the Oxford World’s Classics series volume edited by Jerome J. McGann and titled...

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