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Title: The Country Husband

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Title: The Country Husband Title Record # 2274569
Author: John Cheever
Date: 1954-11-20
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Contains hints of the surreal or magical.
Synopsis: Francis is in an airplane crash, but when he arrives home to his suburban family, no one wants to hear about it, preferring to pretend that life is always routine and without danger. He continues to experience disruptive emotions, such as an unwelcome passion for the babysitter.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The New Yorker, November 20, 1954 1954-11-20 ed. Editors of the New Yorker        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Stories of John Cheever 1982-07-00 John Cheever Ballantine Books 0-345-28436-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
xii+
819
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories 1987-00-00 ed. Daniel Halpern Penguin Books (US) (Elizabeth Sifton Books) 0-14-007949-1
$10.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
820
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Susan Newman Checkmark
Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories 1988-00-00 ed. James H. Pickering Macmillan 0-02-395541-4   ix+
1533
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Tom Tomson Checkmark
The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow 1994-00-00 ed. Thomas K. Parkes State Street Press 0-681-64687-X   xvii+
1003
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow 1994-00-00 ed. Thomas K. Parkes Galahad Books 0-88365-873-9   xvii+
1003
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Winslow Homer  
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