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Selected Stories

by John Updike
John Updike
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John Updike reads six stories he has selected from the hundred-odd he has published.
"A&P", recounting a moral crisis on the checkout counter, is his most anthologized story.
"Pigeon Feathers," the longest story included, tells of a fourteen-year-old boy's fear of death and the answer he finds.
"The Family Meadow" describes a piece of America, a picnic reunion in New Jersey.
"The Witnesses" and "The Alligators" both deal with love, as felt by a middle-aged man and a fifth-grade boy.
"Separating" recounts the June day when Richard and Joan Maple separate, in front of their four children.
Mr. Updike, when asked to described his method of reading aloud, said "I try to picture the things describes, and to speak the words distinctly, and to let the emotion come through on its own."
The method works beautifully.
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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780307702555
  • File size: 81406 KB
  • Release date: May 12, 2009
  • Duration: 02:49:35

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780307702555
  • File size: 81419 KB
  • Release date: May 12, 2009
  • Duration: 02:53:35
  • Number of parts: 4

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Fiction Short Stories

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English

John Updike reads six stories he has selected from the hundred-odd he has published.
"A&P", recounting a moral crisis on the checkout counter, is his most anthologized story.
"Pigeon Feathers," the longest story included, tells of a fourteen-year-old boy's fear of death and the answer he finds.
"The Family Meadow" describes a piece of America, a picnic reunion in New Jersey.
"The Witnesses" and "The Alligators" both deal with love, as felt by a middle-aged man and a fifth-grade boy.
"Separating" recounts the June day when Richard and Joan Maple separate, in front of their four children.
Mr. Updike, when asked to described his method of reading aloud, said "I try to picture the things describes, and to speak the words distinctly, and to let the emotion come through on its own."
The method works beautifully.
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Fiction Short Stories
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Books on Tape
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780307702555
    File size: 81406 KB
    Release date: May 12, 2009
    Duration: 02:49:35

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780307702555
    File size: 81419 KB
    Release date: May 12, 2009
    Duration: 02:53:35
    Number of parts: 4

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English