Metalious

There may certainly be some element of that in the legacy of her novel, but I’m not sure I would go so far as to call Metalious a feminist herself.

In Search of Peyton Place Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

There may certainly be some element of that in the legacy of her novel, but I’m not sure I would go so far as to call Metalious a feminist herself.

Archive 2009-09-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

Another delicious book in that vein that you might consider is “Peyton Place” by Grace Metalious.

Blockbuster Month « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

This agent, Andrew Wylie, is particularly ridiculed for saying of Grace Metalious, the author of Peyton Place, that Her name is now barely known.

Writing and Publishing 2010

To favor Metalious over Calvino is so alien to me I can't understand why serious people could even consider it, her potential as cash flow notwithstanding.

Writing and Publishing 2010

What surprises me most about the Literary Saloon's ruminations on this subject, however, is this disturbing claim: Yes, we like Calvino's The Baron in the Trees better than Peyton Place, and think it's far superior, but even we would recommend a publisher publish (or re-publish) the Metalious-title before they tackle the Calvino.

Writing and Publishing 2010

Metalious was a fascinating woman, and the cultural impact of the book on 1950s America was quite profound.

Blockbuster Month « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

Finally, we'll not dwell either on the fact that no other book by Metalious will ever again be read by anyone, while the body of work by both Faulkner and Calvino (especially Faulkner) surely reaches greatly more readers than Peyton Place, and in the true long term will only outdistance Metalious by even greater numbers.

Writing and Publishing 2010

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious: "If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste."

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Oh, by all rights you should, but I must be feeling punchy after making mostly canonical choices so far, so instead you get Grace Metalious, the "Pandora in Blue Jeans" who peeked behind the curtain of small town New England propriety in Peyton Place, and gave New Hampshire its biggest blockbuster until Dan Brown discovered the Renaissance.

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