# Journal of a Novel

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- Book: [Journal of a Novel](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/journal-of-a-novel) ([Journal of a Novel.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/journal-of-a-novel.md))
- Authors: [John Steinbeck](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4014-418-5
- Pages: 192
- Published: 1990-12-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...