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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.
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- Julian Messner, Inc.
- September 24, 1956
- Grace Metalious
Jun 15, 2020 · Peyton Place. Kindle Edition. 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.
3.80. 12,428 ratings1,203 reviews. First published in 1956, Peyton Place uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town. At the centre of the novel are three women, each with a secret to hide: Constance MacKenzie, the original desperate housewife; her daughter Allison, whose dreams are ...
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Dec 1, 2013 · 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.
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About Peyton Place. When Grace Metalious’s debut novel about the dark underside of a small, respectable New England town was published in 1956, it quickly soared to the top of the bestseller lists. A landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place spawned a successful feature film and a long-running television series ...
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Mar 4, 1999 · Peyton Place. Grace Metalious. Northeastern University Press, Mar 4, 1999 - Fiction - 372 pages. When Grace Metalious's debut novel about the dark underside of a small, respectable New England...
Jan 1, 2015 · Published in 1956, Grace Metalious’s Peyton Place was an enormous success upon publication, selling sixty thousand copies within its first ten days on sale, and staying on the New York Times...
