Zoe Kazan's East of Eden Goes Back to the Very First Story

Netflix's new miniseries, which carries Zoe Kazan's name, adapts John Steinbeck's classic novel. A new explainer traces several of its storylines to their roots in Scripture. There's no gown to catalog and no carpet to report, just a reminder that some of the best-made stories borrow from the oldest source there is. It's worth knowing before you press play.

With reporting from Harper's Bazaar.