The Country Husband (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Cheever
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The early 1950's
- Setting: Shady Hill, a fictional suburb of New York City
- Principal Characters: Francis Weed, Julia, Anne Murchison, Clayton Thomas
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Life, philosophy of, Middle age
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
“The Country Husband” recounts Francis Weed's brief rebellion against the mundane norms of his prosperous, dull community. Francis and Julia Weed have long been at the center of social life in Shady Hill, experiencing the conventional joys of suburban marriage and child rearing. Events conspire to jog Francis out of complacency and make him question his satisfaction with life.
The first of these events is a plane crash. Returning from a trip to Minneapolis, Francis and his fellow travelers experience an emergency landing in a field outside Philadelphia....
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