The Rabbit Angstrom Novels (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Updike
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Plot: Social chronicle
- Time of Work: , 1959; , 1969; , 1979-80; , the late 1980’s
- Setting: The fictional towns of Mt. Judge and Brewer, Pennsylvania, and Florida
- Principal Characters: Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom, Janice Springer Angstrom, Nelson Angstrom, Rebecca Angstrom, Marty Tothero, Ruth Leonard, Jack Eccles, Fred Springer, Bessie Springer, Peggy Gring Fosnacht, Billy Fosnacht, Earl Angstrom, Charlie Stavros, Jill Pendleton, Skeeter, Miriam Angstrom, Annabelle Byer, Melanie, Teresa (Pru) Lubell, Archie Campbell, Judy Angstrom, Roy Angstrom, Thelma Harrison, Ron Harrison
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Current events, Parents and children, Marriage, 1980’s, Pennsylvania, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Fathers, Adultery, Drug addiction or addicts, Florida, Cocaine, Counterculture
- Locales: Florida, Brewer, PA, Mt. Judge, PA
The Novels
With his sixth novel, Rabbit Redux, published in 1971, John Updike resumed the life story of Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the antiheroic protagonist of his acclaimed second novel, Rabbit, Run. Another decade and several more novels followed before Updike came forth with his third record of Harry’s adventures, appropriately entitled Rabbit Is Rich. Rabbit at Rest, which appeared nearly a decade later, is the final volume of the tetralogy. The Rabbit Angstrom books provide an accurate, absorbing, and aesthetically satisfying social history...
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