The Five-Forty-Eight

For the PBS television adaptation, see The Five Forty-Eight.
"The Five-Forty-Eight"
Short story by John Cheever
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genreshort story
Publication
PublisherThe New Yorker
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateApril 10, 1954

"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.

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