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John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". [1] [2] His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born; and Italy, especially Rome.
"The Wrysons" is a short story by John Cheever published by The New Yorker on September 15, 1958. [1] The work was included in the collection volume Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel (1961) published by Harper and Brothers. [2] [3] The story also appears in The Stories of John Cheever (1978).
"Fall River" is a short story by John Cheever which originally appeared in the political journal The Left in the fall of 1931. [1] [2] The story is included in Thirteen Uncollected Stories by John Cheever (1994) published by Academy Chicago Publishers. [3] "Fall River" is Cheever's second published work. [4]
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Publishers Weekly called the readers a "first-class lineup of narrators" and stated that "Cheever's archived readings that steal the show. His performance of " The Swimmer ," in particular, boldly displays his contempt for the country-club set, while still evoking readers' sympathy for the hapless main character.
[8] Contemporary critical reaction to the volume noted Cheever's "growing significance" as a literary figure, but a number of reviewers detected "something a little vapid about the work." [ 9 ] Citing biographer Scott Donaldson, Patrick Meanor points out "that some critics were not pleased with the idea of a writer making the suburbs the ...
Mary Cheever had entered into a contract with Academy for the nominal fee of $1500 to permit publication of a sampling of Cheever's uncollected early short fiction, pending family consultation. When the publisher sought to include all the works not published in The Stories of John Cheever (1978)—a total of 68 stories—a protracted legal ...
Pages in category "Short story collections by John Cheever" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .