The Stories of John Cheever

First edition
Author	John Cheever
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	1978
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	693
ISBN	0-394-50087-3

The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Country Husband", "The Five-Forty-Eight" and "The Swimmer". It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1979 and its first paperback edition won a 1981 National Book Award.^[1][a]

Stories

The John Cheever Audio Collection

The John Cheever Audio Collection

Author	John Cheever
Audio read by	John Cheever, Benjamin Cheever, Meryl Streep, Edward Herrmann, Blythe Danner, George Plimpton, and Peter Gallagher
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Caedmon
Publication date	2004
Media type	Compact Disc, Digital Audio, MP3

In 2004, Caedmon released a recorded compilation of selected stories from The Stories of John Cheever, each read either by Cheever, George Plimpton, or a professional actor.^[2] Benjamin Cheever reads the introduction written by his father, and the full track list of stories is as follows:

Reception to the collection was positive. Publishers Weekly called the readers a "first-class lineup of narrators" and stated that "Cheever's archived readings that steal the show. His performance of "The Swimmer," in particular, boldly displays his contempt for the country-club set, while still evoking readers' sympathy for the hapless main character. The inclusion of [his] readings makes for a deeply personal, resonant finale to a truly superb production."^[3]