Description

When Grace Metalious's debut novel concerning the dark bottom of the tiny, reputable New England city was printed in 1956, it rapidly jumped to the most truly effective of the best-seller lists. A milestone in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place created an effective feature-film and an extended-running tv series-the very first prime-time soap opera.Contemporary visitors of Peyton Place is likely to be fascinated by its vibrant characters, natural writing, and surprising occurrences. Through her captivating, uninhibited story, Metalious well reveals the elaborate cultural physiology of the little neighborhood, analyzing the lives of its people -- their passions and addictions, their goals and beats, their passivity or assault, their secret desires and kindnesses, their cohesiveness and stiffness, their challenges, and frequently their courage.This new paperback version of Peyton Place features an informative introduction by Ardis Cameron that completely investigates the story's treatment of class, sex, race, ethnicity, and energy, and views the guide's important place in National and New England fictional background.