On November 3, 2015, Jason Fernandes posted a retro review of The Witches of Eastwick, the book he read years ago as an introduction to John Updike, on his blog, Rants & Raves.

“From the opening pages of The Witches of Eastwick, I was immediately put to mind of Pride and Prejudice. That might sound like a strange connection to make,” he writes. “Whether this is just a coincidence or Updike is consciously having some fun with the reader is something I cannot say. Neither would surprise me. But it did give me a warm first impression and the sense that I was in for a treat. . . .

“The prose is exquisite. I have been fed on mostly contemporary fiction in recent years, and even the ‘modern classics’ I have read have not impressed me greatly. This novel was a welcome return to a higher class of writing,” he writes.

“Book Review: The Witches of Eastwick”