Metalious' Peyton Place describes how three women are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy New England town, with recurring themes of hypocrisy, social inequities and class privilege in a tale that includes incest, abortion, adultery, lust and murder. Signed and inscribed first editions are rare. The recipient was a relative of Metalious’ son-in-law Edward Dupuis. It sold 60,000 copies within the first ten days of its release and remained on the New York Times best seller list for 59 weeks. 10, 1956.” The initial first edition was released on Septemand the print run was minimal, as it was Metalius’ first book. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author shortly after publication, “To Jay Dupuis with best wishes, Grace Metalious. $3,800.00 Item Number: 89943įirst edition of this landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, which spawned a successful feature film and a long-running prime time television series soap opera.
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