Rosemary's Baby

Name: Rosemary's Baby
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.29 (31 reviews)
Author: Ira Levin
ISBN: 9780060898113

Author: Ira Levin

Narrator: Mia Farrow

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/25/2005

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Occult & Supernatural, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural

Synopsis

The classic novel of spellbinding suspense only the mind of Ira Levin could have imagined She is a housewife—young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor—charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sin-filled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is their dream home—a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare...Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin—where terror is as near as your new neighbors... and where evil wears the most innocent face of all...

About Ira Levin

Novelist and playwright Ira Levin (1929-2007) was a native New Yorker whose books include A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary's Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, Sliver, and Son of Rosemary. His plays include No Time for Sergeants, Critic's Choice, and the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap. An alumnus of New York University, Levin also wrote the lyrics of the Barbra Streisand classic "He Touched Me," and was the recipient of three Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America (including 2003's 'Grand Master'), as well as the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.

About Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow, in addition to extensive stage work on Broadway and the West End, starred on television in Peyton Place, and in such films as Rosemary's Baby, The Great Gatsby, Hannah and Her Sisters, Alice (Golden Globe award), and Reckless; she is the author of the memoir What Falls Away.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on September 10, 2023

Baby fever. Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are moving to the Bramford, an apartment complex in NYC renowned for its long history of tragic incidents. But they don’t care; once Guy’s acting career starts picking up, their plan is to start a big family. And when Guy finally gets his big break, and Rosem......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on July 10, 2022

I first read this when I was about thirteen/fourteen and don't remember that reading at all. I then watched the movie when I was about eighteen/nineteen, which I remember better and didn't really like. Bit too weird for me. Third time lucky, I guess. I thought this was a great read in 2022. Super easy......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on July 05, 2020

The very rare case of a slow moving, nevertheless suspenseful soft horror novel mainly using characterization and worsening foreshadowing to thrill the reader. This one really stays in mind because of the end nobody would suspect and an accelerating thrill and feeling of discomfort I´ve hardly ever s......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 20, 2025

Having Satan's demon baby was a frightening thought when I was younger. Now, quite frankly, the most terrifying thing I can think of would be giving birth to a mid-life oops baby. But to be fair, Rosemary's ovaries aren't trying to cough out some leftover egg that will ruin her retirement plans. No,......more

Goodreads review by Delee on March 26, 2017

I knew from a young age that I probably didn't have the maternal instinct that is necessary to raise a child. I hated dolls- they creeped me out, and instead of dressing up the ones I was given as gifts- the dolls sat in the corner in various stages of undress- while I wheeled my cat whiskers around......more