# In the Beauty of the Lilies

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- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-857-7
- Pages: 512
- Published: 2006-06-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Taking its title from the " Battle Hymn of the Republic", IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES traces one family's profound journey through four generations--and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest work of fiction.