Couples
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Couples is a 1968 novel by John Updike that portrays the complex sexual and emotional entanglements of a group of married couples in a New England suburb.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Couples canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John Updike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
class and status
ⓘ
emotional entanglement ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ social change in 1960s America ⓘ suburban life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
extramarital affairs
ⓘ
group of married couples ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bech: A Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Angela Hanema
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ken Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterGroup | ten married couples in Tarbox ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Foxy Whitman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piet Hanema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception |
commercial success
ⓘ
controversial for sexual content ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
adultery
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ marriage ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ sexual revolution ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explicit treatment of sexuality
ⓘ
portrayal of upper-middle-class suburbia ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Updike bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Tarbox, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.