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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aGlenn, Isa,
_d1874-1951
245 1 0 _aEast of Eden
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-03
508 _aCarla Foust, Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"East of Eden" by Isa Glenn is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set amid contemporary literary New York, it revolves around the brilliant and enigmatic Eva Litchfield and her marriage into the established Van Suydam family. The main focus appears to be the clash between Eva's individuality and creative drive with the expectations and traditions of her husband's family, particularly as seen through the watchful eye of her formidable mother-in-law. Through the perspectives of friends, the novel seems primed to explore themes of artistic identity, social belonging, marriage, and the tensions inherent in New York's evolving society. The opening of the novel introduces Eva Litchfield as a beautiful, emotionally elusive writer of genius, whose marriage to Nicholas Van Suydam—himself part of a patrician New York family—is widely discussed among her circle of literary friends. Narrated by Dinah Avery, newly returned from France, the story unfolds through a patchwork of conversations and social encounters, each revealing different perspectives on Eva, her husband, and the imposing Mrs. Van Suydam. The reader is quickly immersed in an atmosphere of lively gossip, partisan judgments, and subtle rivalries within New York's literary elite. As Dinah seeks to piece together the truth behind Eva's troubled marriage, the narrative paints a vivid picture of the social dynamics, anxieties, and ambitions of its characters, setting the stage for an intimate exploration of personal and cultural conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cGarden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932
653 _aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
653 _aWomen novelists -- Fiction
653 _aRomans à clef
653 _aSpouses -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.56696
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75781
999 _c116506
_d116506