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The Swimmer
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: John Cheever
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 63
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4 out of 5 stars
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O City of Broken Dreams
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
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- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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The Sorrows of Gin
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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5 out of 5 stars
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The demoralization and destruction of alcoholism
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The Five-Forty-Eight
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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1 out of 5 stars
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- By Michael on 03-09-19
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- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Peter Gallagher
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
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1 out of 5 stars
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- By Michael on 03-09-19
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Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: George Plimpton
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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O Youth and Beauty!
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Peter Gallagher
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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The John Cheever Audio Collection (Unabridged Stories)
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep, George Plimpton, others
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
Here are twelve magnificent stories in which John Cheever celebrates, with unequaled grace and tenderness, the deepest feelings we have.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All Stars Deliver
- By Greg on 03-03-04
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The Season of Divorce
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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The Jewels of the Cabots
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: George Plimpton
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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The Chaste Clarissa
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: Blythe Danner
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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The Death of Justina
- The John Cheever Audio Collection
- By: John Cheever
- Narrated by: John Cheever
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
Publisher's Summary
Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates – with unequaled grace and tenderness – the deepest feelings we have.
As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
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- Evelyn
- Alabama, United States
- 10-30-13
Great Story, Good Performance
This story is great but the performance was just a little "flat" which left me feeling like I could not justify giving it an overall 5 star rating.
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- Michael
- Walnut Creek, CA, United States
- 03-09-19
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I stumbled upon Cheever as THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES was on the Modern Library Critics 100 List (which I really liked) then I found Cheever wrote one of my favorite short stories THE SWIMMER. I then added all Cheever Audible to my todo list. Mistake! Several of individual short stories were included in a collection.
The collection contains "The Enormous Radio," "The Five-Forty-Eight," "O City of Broken Dreams," "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor," "The Season of Divorce," "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow," "The Sorrows of Gin," "O Youth and Beauty!," "The Chaste Clarissa," "The Jewels of the Cabots," "The Death of Justina," and "The Swimmer."
My favorites with THE SWIMMER, THE ENORMOUS RADIO, and THE FIVE-FORTY-EIGHT.
The narration is excellent.