- American fiction, Translations into German, City and town life, Fiction
Considered scandalous when first published, this story is now a modern classic. 'Peyton Place' has sold over 10,000,000 copies worldwide and remains the fourth bestselling novel of all time.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Grace Metalious
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Blackie Books, dell publishing co., inc., Knižní klub
- Editions
- 68
- Language
- Portuguese, Dutch, French, cze
- ISBN
- 9788418733888
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