The Country Husband (Identities and Issues in Literature)

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“The Country Husband” exemplifies John Cheever’s interpretation of life, values, and futile rebellion among neighbors and families. In Shady Hill, a suburb within commuting distance of New York, wives are concerned with dinners, social gatherings, and social status; daughters are absorbed in romance magazines; children bicker on household battlefields; and husbands delude themselves with fantasies of romance as they struggle merely to be acknowledged.

Clayton Thomas, who is engaged to Anne Murchison, a baby-sitter, offers a summary of Shady Hill: “What...

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