The Easter Parade Summary
Richard Yates (novelist)

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The Easter Parade Summary

The Easter Parade is a novel by critically acclaimed author Richard Yates. This novel follows the lives of two very different sisters after the divorce of their parents in the 1930s. Sarah is a beautiful young girl who always felt secure in who she was and the love of her parents. After graduating high school, Sarah marries a handsome man who was raised in England. This marriage seems perfect on the...

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Richard Yates (novelist) Biographies (2)

Richard Yates

1,216 words, approx. 5 pages

Richard Yates has enjoyed the strong personal advocacy of critics and fellow writers, among them John Ciardi, William Styron, Tennessee Williams, Dorothy Parker, Vance Bourjaily, and Kurt Vonnegut, wh... Read more

Richard Yates

6,987 words, approx. 24 pages

For most of his career, Richard Yates seemed always on the brink of gaining the fame he so richly deserved. His first novel, Revolutionary Road (1961), was immediately hailed as a masterpiece of reali... Read more

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