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Home Page » Books » The Stories of John Cheever
"The Stories of John Cheever" is a celebrated collection that showcases the profound storytelling ability of John Cheever, often referred to as the "Chekhov of the suburbs." Cheever's tales delve into the lives of ordinary Americans, exploring themes of love, loss, and the complexities of suburban life. His characters are often caught between their desires and the constraints of their surroundings, making their stories resonate with the universal struggles of human existence. The collection...
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It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, I drank too much last night.

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Will you let me lift you? he said. Just let me lift you. Just let me see how light you are. All right, she said. Do you want me to take off my coat?Yes, yes, yes, he said. Take off your coat.She...

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I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers.

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Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.

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I was here on earth because I chose to be.

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She cried for herself, she cried because she was afraid that she herself might die in the night, because she was alone in the world, because her desperate and empty life was not an overture but an...

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