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Couples

John Updike

196842 pagesabout 40–60 minutes
1968
first published
  • 1968Knopf · 458 pages · ENGISBN 9780449207970
  • 1968Knopf · 458 pages · ENGISBN 9780233960746
  • 1969Penguin · 514 pages · ENGISBN 9781125140512
  • 1976Halty Ferguson · 42 pages · ENGISBN 9780912604107
  • 1996Fawcett Columbine · 458 pages · ENGISBN 9780449911907
  • 2001Penguin · 512 pagesISBN 9780140029444
  • 2001Penguin Books Ltd · 512 pagesISBN 9780140299557
  • 1968Alfred A. Knopf · 480 pages · ENGISBN 9780394420660

Follows the lives of a group of couples in an upperclass Boston suburb through their parties, recreations, child neglect, and wife-swapping.

How it reads

Character focusTwo hander

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentral

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ThemesLove
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