Journal of a Novel

Journal of a NovelBy: John Steinbeck Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game." Steinbeck's letters were written on the left hand pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the test of East of Eden. They

By: Jennifer Steil     Based on an unexplored slice of World War II history

apparently poisoned—and the number of suspects with a grudge against the lord of the manor sprouts like English ivy

Space Camp is the launching pad to becoming an astronaut

frozen pizza chef

as long as you know how to pair up the right plants

There he will come to learn the story of Catherine and Heathcliff: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young

the sheep and the mountain

Two AA batteries needed from home

A poor country squire’s daughter

and a book

beg favors

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