"The Five-Forty-Eight" is a short story written by John Cheever that was originally published in the April 10, 1954, issue of The New Yorker and later collected in The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories (1958) and The Stories of John Cheever (1978). In 1955 "The Five-Forty-Eight" was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Magazine Award. The story takes place in midtown Manhattan, New York City, where the protagonist (Blake), attempts to escape his former employee (Miss Dent), who was fired shortly after a one-night stand. Miss Dent eventually catches up to Blake, where they talk on the Five-Forty-Eight train towards Shady Hill.
Adaptations (1)
The Five-Forty-Eight was adapted into a 1979 television film.
The Five Forty-Eight1979 · television film · 58 min · dir. James Ivory · IMDb ↗An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him and forces him to confront the squalor of his life.
