The Witches of Eastwick | Related Titles
Since Updike has always been preoccupied with religion and sexuality, it is not surprising that a number of his novels share affinities with The Witches of Eastwick. Couples (1968) tells the story of men and women living in a small new England community similar to Eastwick; there, too, a veneer of respectability covers lives of desperation, longing, and sexual promiscuity. The three novels which Updike has written as a modern retelling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter also focus on themes of sexuality and religion: A Month of Sundays (1975), Roger's Version...
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