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Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by the American author Grace Metalious. Set in New England in the time periods before and after World War II, the novel tells the story of three women who are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy town.
First published in 1956, Peyton Place uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town.
Jun 15, 2020 · Three women are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy New England town, with recurring themes of hypocrisy, social inequities and class privilege in a tale that includes incest, abortion, adultery, lust and murder.
- Metalious Grace
Dec 1, 2013 · Peyton Place. Paperback – December 1, 2013. by Grace Metalious (Author) 4.4 73 ratings. See all formats and editions. Peyton Place is a literary masterpiece, brilliantly written, every word artfully crafted. It was made into a major motion picture in 1958, a long-running TV Series and several sequels and adaptations.
- Grace Metalious
A landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place spawned a successful feature film and a long-running television series—the first prime-time soap opera. Contemporary readers of Peyton Place will be captivated by its vivid characters, earthy prose, and shocking incidents.
Mar 15, 2011 · A landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place spawned a successful feature film and a long-running television series-the first prime-time soap opera. Contemporary...
Mar 4, 1999 · Taking place from 1937 to 1944, Peyton Place is a coming-of-age story of sorts about a teenager, her mother, and her friend from the wrong side of town. More generally, Metalious drives home the hypocrisy of a stalwart stuffy New England town by revealing what lies below the surface.
- Grace Metalious
Peyton Place. Grace Metalious. Simon and Schuster, 1981 - Fiction - 371 pages. Peyton Place is a literary masterpiece, brilliantly written, every word artfully crafted. It was made into a...
Jan 13, 2021 · First appearing in 1956, Peyton Place blew the lid off the hypocritical conformity of small-town, postwar America. Considered the nation’s first “blockbuster” book, the novel both shocked and secretly delighted readers with its portrayal of sex, secrets, scandal, and even adultery, incest, and abortion.
Mar 4, 1999 · Through her riveting, uninhibited narrative, Metalious skillfully exposes the intricate social anatomy of a small community, examining the lives of its people—their passions and vices, their ambitions and defeats, their passivity or violence, their secret hopes and kindnesses, their cohesiveness and rigidity, their struggles, and often their ...
