I have finally finished East of Eden

As part of my training to become an English teacher in Italy we are mostly trained to read English classics. A couple of years ago I decided to broaden my repertoire and include other anglophone novels. I have started reading Steinbeck's "East of Eden" many months ago and I couldn't explain to myself why it was taking me so long. I am usually a very avid and fast reader, but for some reason I couldn't read this one as quickly as usual. Today I finished it and it finally dawned on me that the length and slow