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In Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road , the "extract" often referred to by readers is the opening chapter, which depicts the failure of the Laurel Players' amateur production of The Petrified Forest

When students, book clubs, or literary critics search for a "Revolutionary Road extract," they are often looking for the moment the mask slips. Yates is a master of the veneer; his characters, Frank and April Wheeler, are experts at performing the roles of the enlightened, sophisticated couple trapped among the Philistines of suburban Connecticut. But the extracts that linger are the ones where the performance fails, where the dialogue becomes a weapon, and where the internal monologue reveals a crushing lack of self-awareness. revolutionary road extract