SOOOO SORRRY I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE IS AN ERROR FOR DAY ELEVEN FIND THE ENTIRE EDITION OF "THE 548" HERE!!! PART ONE ON TOP; PART TWO ON THE BOTTOM
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 It is not the preferred method of transportation from The City to Shady Hill;
but "THE 548" is likely the best when you've run out of options; and you are being "STALKED ... by... THE SPURNED". This is the last of the ELEVEN DAYS OF CHEEVER. Another Two Parter ... One on top, Two on the bottom. Click the above player arrows to listen to the finale of what has been a very enjoyable experience for me. How was it for you?? ALL TEN previous episodes can be found below!! ANOTHER PROJECT IS ON ITS WAY VERY SOON!!!  What happens when someone other than our spouse finds us
attractive, enlightened, interesting? Do we resist the flattery and the ensuing near-romance; or does it seem to always with us, as it seems to be with this story's subjects an annual "SEASON OF DIVORCE" Click arrow on above players (Part One on top, Part Two on bottom) to enjoy this the tenth day of ELEVEN DAYS WITH CHEEVER. The other nine days can be found below  Oh, "The Wrysons" ... we all know them ... many of us are them ...
concerned only with "GOOD APPEARANCES". Enjoy this the Ninth Day of ELEVEN DAYS WITH CHEEVER Click the above players. Part One on top, Part Two on bottom All other day's selections can be found below.  Day Eight of ELEVEN DAYS OF CHEEVER
Peeping Tom's relentless appearances drive one man to reconciliation and reunion with wife and family. How?? Find out in "The Cure" a short story by John Cheever. Click forward arrow on the above player, Part one on Top, Part Two on Bottom. Find all other seven daily audio files below  DAY SEVEN of ELEVN DAYS OF CHEEVER.
TWO PARTS: part one on top, part two on bottom. Is there any hope of preserving our youth; or do we just live it over and over; wishing for a different outcome or at the very least basking in a glow of former acheivement? This John Cheever story celebrates "OH, Youth and Beauty" while exposing our frailty regarding the aging process; another surprise ending is in store ... See this and the former stories by Cheever below.  DAY SIX of ELEVEN DAYS OF CHEEVER introduces us to a place known as Shady Hill, a suburb of NYC where the remainder of our Cheever stories take place. We were introduced to Shady Hill in an earlier episode, as that is whre "The Woman Without a Country" lived before being banished for misbehaving. Lots of misbehavior will be evidenced over the next five days. STAY with me on this!!!
CLICK ARROW ON THE PLAYER ABOVE TO LISTEN  Clancy worked at a building much like this one I suppose ...
Oh, the things he saw!! and the people he met!!! Of the ones in this collection of mine, "Clancy and the Tower of Babel" is my favorite Cheever story. Another two parter (Part One on the top); but, well worth the effort? I hope so. ELEVEN DAYS OF CHEEVER is now into its Fifth Day ... Enjoy this and the other four days ... seen below. Mr. Cheever, I sincerely hope I did justice to this one.
Two parter. Click the arrow on the above players, one, then the other. Part One on the top, Part Two on the bottom. Perhaps the saddest of all Eleven Days of Cheever. 'Nuff said. See other "Days" below.  I wanted to drop in a photo of a "lonely", "refined" female sojourner ... Alas, she is not to be found anywhere but in your imagination THIS HAS BEEN FUN SO FAR ... Today?
She made one silly mistake that wasn't really her fault. Is she to pay for it the rest of her life? Hmmm? "Woman Without a Country" John Cheever's story of unrecognized cruelty. We do it all the time!!! Click the player for Day Three of ELEVEN DAYS WITH CHEEVER Note: If you missed them; Days One and Two are to be found below. | Reader: Lyndon K. Ashworth is "The Subtly Southern Reader", aspiring to introduce you to some of the Pulitzer Prize winning "Stories of John Cheever." Enjoy. ArchivesCategories |
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