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The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical "feminist horror" [1] novel by Ira Levin.The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife, and young mother who suspects that something in the town of Stepford is changing the wives from free-thinking, intelligent women into compliant wives dedicated solely to homemaking.
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Sep 1, 1972 · The Stepford Wives is one of the popular books of the 1970s that I somehow overlooked, though I did see the 1975 movie on television years later. What recently prompted me to finally read the book was an article at JSTOR Daily titled “Sex and the Supermarket” (1/3/18).
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Article History. The Stepford Wives, novel by American author Ira Levin, published in 1972. It has been described as the first “feminist horror novel,” with echoes of Levin’s earlier horror masterpiece Rosemary’s Baby. Photographer Joanne Eberhart and Walter, her husband, have just moved to Stepford, Connecticut, with their two children.
Ira Levin. Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978).
Jul 23, 2002 · The Stepford Wives. Paperback – July 23, 2002. by Ira Levin (Author), Peter Straub (Author) 4.3 3,070 ratings. See all formats and editions. The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby. With an Introduction by Peter Straub. For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their ...
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Books. The Stepford Wives. Ira Levin. Harper Collins, Apr 26, 2011 - Fiction - 144 pages. The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby. With an Introduction by Peter Straub. For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost ...
Apr 26, 2011 · The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby. With an Introduction by Peter Straub. For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is.
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