Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
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Peyton Place

Author: Grace Metalious

Narrator: Tim O'Connor

Unabridged: 17 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2003


Synopsis

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—the first prime-time soap opera.

Contemporary readers of Peyton Place will be captivated by its vivid characters, earthy prose, and shocking incidents. 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 courage.

About The Author

GRACE METALIOUS (1924–1964) was the author of Peyton Place, Return to Peyton Place, The Tight White Collar (1960), and No Adam in Eden (1963). She was a resident of Gilmanton, New Hampshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Razvan on March 28, 2025

Sequels rarely rise to the level of original books. May be the novelty is gone, or the author gave all from the beginning, or our expectations are far too high. That is the case with this one. Good, but not brilliant.........more

Goodreads review by Olesja on May 21, 2013

Mislim da je najveći razlog zašto volim romane ''Gradić Payton'' i ''Povratak u gradić Payton'' upravo taj što se malograđanština opisana u romanu može primjeniti na svako malo mjesto bilo ono u Americi ili bilo gdje drugdje. Živeći u malom selu u kojem svako sve zna, nisam mogla ne poistovjetiti se......more

Goodreads review by Good Books Good Friends on January 15, 2018

Plutôt un 3,5. J'étais ravie de retrouver Peyton Place et ses habitants mais il m'a manqué le plaisir de la découverte et j'ai eu l'impression que certaines histoires étaient un peu bâclées.......more