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I can't seem to find it on Project Gutenberg, so I'm guessing no. I'm not sure why, since it was published in 1947. This court case seems to shed some light on it:
"Steinbeck died in 1968, but his books consistently continue to sell around two million copies a year. When Oprah Winfrey picked his novel East of Eden for her book club in 2003, it jumped to second place on online book retailer Amazon's bestseller list, beaten only by the latest Harry Potter.
Under the law at the time they were written, many of Steinbeck's works would be still in the public domain. But the trend has been towards extending the period of copyright, leading to several high-profile conflicts between family members and rights holders."
"Steinbeck died in 1968, but his books consistently continue to sell around two million copies a year. When Oprah Winfrey picked his novel East of Eden for her book club in 2003, it jumped to second place on online book retailer Amazon's bestseller list, beaten only by the latest Harry Potter.
Under the law at the time they were written, many of Steinbeck's works would be still in the public domain. But the trend has been towards extending the period of copyright, leading to several high-profile conflicts between family members and rights holders."
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