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"The Enormous Radio" is a short story by American author John Cheever. It first appeared in the May 17, 1947, issue of The New Yorker, and was subsequently collected in The Enormous Radio and Other Stories., 55 Short Stories from the New Yorker, and The Stories of John Cheever.
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- 1947
A magic realist story about a couple who buy a radio that can eavesdrop on their neighbours’ conversations. The radio reveals their hypocrisy and secrets, and exposes their own flaws and insecurities.
By John Cheever. Jim and Irene Wescott were the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability that is reached by the statistical reports in college alumni bulletins.
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A short story by John Cheever about a couple who buy a radio that broadcasts their neighbors' sounds and secrets. The radio reveals the contrast between their false appearance of happiness and their true discontent, and the inescapability of worldly knowledge.
May 23, 2021 · A short story by John Cheever about a radio that eavesdrops on the private conversations of neighbors. The story explores the themes of hypocrisy, betrayal, and disillusionment in a realistic and ironic way.
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A short story about a couple who overhear their neighbors' secrets through a special radio. The radio reveals the Westcotts' own flaws and lies, and causes them to question their happiness and society.
