# The Early Stories

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- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2005-04-07

## Description

Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally Updike's experimental stories on 'The Single Life'. Here, then, is a rich and satisfying feast of Updike - his wit, his easy mastery of language, his genius for recalling the subtleties of ordinary life and the excitements, and perils, of the pursuit of happiness.

## Editions

### The Early Stories

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-224-9
- Published: 2005-04-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Early Stories

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4101-608-5
- Pages: 864
- Published: 2005-04-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Early Stories

- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-03-4546-336-4
- Pages: 864
- Published: 2004-09-28
- Language: en_US