1. The Country Husband by John Cheevers
John Cheever's short story, "The Country Husband," presents a story in which the protagonist, Francis Weed, must make a decision about conformity. ... The need of Julia to be at the top of the social ladder is shown when "she went through her morning mail with real anxiety, looking for invitations, and she usually found some, but she was insatiable and if she had gone out seven nights a week, it would not have cured her of a reflective lookThe look of someone who hears distant music-for she would always suppose there was a more brilliant party somewhere else.... Cheever...
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