Although no other Updike novel follows a family through four generations, there are a number of parallels between In the Beauty of the Lilies and others by the author. The four fictional works commonly referred to as the Rabbit novels—Rabbit, Run (1960); Rabbit Redux (1971; see separate entry); Rabbit Is Rich (1981); and Rabbit at Rest (1990; see separate entry)—chronicle the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, Updike's modern hero who grows up in modest circumstances and makes a comfortable life for himself despite the many.....
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