V obsiahlej rodinnej kronike, zahŕňajúce udalosti od vojny Severu proti Juhu až po prvú svetovú vojnu sa autor nechal inšpirovať biblickým príbehom Kaina a Ábela. Dej sa odohráva v údolí Salinas v Severnej Kalifornii a román je pohľadom do ľudského vnútra dvoch bratov.
Part of the affordable and recognizable Drama Classics Series.
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.
Retells stories by such authors as Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, William Sydney Porter, and Edgar Allan Poe.