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        The Wapshot Chronicle


        setting

        Boston South Shore; New York City

        time

        1950s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1957

        page count

        304

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        The Wapshot family, 3 generations

        Rip's impressions

        Classic Cheever from the New Yorker––smart, funny, and touching.

        first line

        St. Botolphs was an old place, an old river town.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

        literary tidbits

        There was a sequel written to this modern classic, The Wapshot Scandal. As most sequels, it does not measure up to the greatness of the first.

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