Marriages and Infidelities

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First edition (publ. Vanguard Press)

Marriages and Infidelities (1972) is the fourth volume of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. In this collection, Oates explores the relationship between love and betrayal.

Contents[]

  • "The Sacred Marriage"
  • "Puzzle"
  • "Love and Death"
  • "29 Inventions"
  • "Problems of Adjustment in Survivors of Natural/Unnatural Disasters"
  • "By the River'
  • "Extraordinary Popular Delusions"
  • "Stalking"
  • "Scenes of Passion and Despair"
  • "Plot"
  • "The Children"
  • "Happy Onion"
  • "Normal Love"
  • "Stray Children"
  • "Wednesday's Child"
  • "Loving a Man"
  • "Losing a Man"
  • "Loving a Man"
  • "Did You Ever Slip on Red Blood?"
  • "The Metamorphosis"
  • "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"
  • "The Lady with the Pet Dog"
  • "The Spiral"
  • "The Turn of the Screw"
  • "The Dead"
  • "Nightmusic"

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