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East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
612 pages2002
Fiction
About This Book
A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich...
Reading Time Estimates
15h 35m
slow reader
180 WPM
11h 13m
average reader
250 WPM
8h 1m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 168,300 words📅 23 days at 30 min/day
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11 hours 13 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
12 hours 28 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
18 hours 42 min
Audio 2x
9 hours 21 min
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