- Small town life, Sex scandals, Prejudices, Fiction
In 1956, Grace Metalious published Peyton Place , the novel that unbuttoned the straitlaced New England of the popular imagination, transformed the publishing industry, topped the bestseller lists for more than a year, and made its young author one of the most talked-about people in America.
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- gravecomic
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- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Grace Metalious
- First published
- 1959
- Pages
- 265
- Publisher
- Pan, Dell, Frederick Muller
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781555537609
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