Hay tantos personajes que es aquí donde esta lo importante de la novela, en sus diálogos, en sus historias, y obviamente vas a tener tus personajes favoritos con sus historias y personajes que vas a odiar, pero incluso los que odias vas a querer enterarte de sus historia. La novela esta dividida en tres partes y en cada parte irán apareciendo personajes nuevos pero en las tres partes se van a mantener dos protagonistas, Selena y Allison. Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author known for her novel Peyton Place, one of the best-selling works in publishing history. A pesar de tener un reparto coral con gran cantidad de personajes, en ningún momento uno se siente perdido, ya que todos ellos están fantásticamente caracterizados, incluso los más secundarios. En mi opinión, uno de los puntos fuertes de la obra es cómo están representados aquellos personajes femeninos que se alejan de aquello que se esperaba de las mujeres en los años 30 y 40, como Selena y Allison, y cuyos comportamientos y actitudes de mujeres fuertes e independientes escuecen a más de uno.

Harmon threw his newspaper down on the floor and pounded the fist of one hand into the palm of the other. … “I’m not going to sweat blood at the mill to send him to college if this is the way he’s going to behave,” said Harmon. La novela explora temas como el despertar sexual, el incesto, el aborto, el odio de clase, el racismo, las relaciones extramatrimoniales, el fanatismo religioso, la corrupción policiaca o la violencia de género, y lo hace sin medias tintas, haciendo que la lectura resulte adictiva ya que por momentos te parece estar escuchando a una persona contándote los trapos sucios del vecino.Peyton Place’ fue escrito en los años 50; el éxito fue tan grande que luego llegó una secuela. Después, la novela se convirtió en película, y finalmente en serie de televisión, que probablemente es la forma que más le pegue a esta historia, porque al fin y al cabo es un culebrón. Lo sabía antes de empezarlo, pero aún así me esperaba más. No sé, esperaba engancharme más y empatizar más con los personajes. Tiene las virtudes de un culebrón: se lee rápido, y no aburre sino que entretiene. Pero también sus defectos: personajes horriblemente planos y unos clímax histéricos y manidos que caen en un ridículo bastante estrepitoso. Actors Terry Moore and Barry Coein a scene from the 1957 Peyton Place film adaptation. (20th Century Fox/Getty Images) This book is perfect for a summer afternoon on the couch, or taking to the beach for a good read! For true crime lovers, this is one story that you are not going to want to miss - even if you discover that you can't stand Grace Metalious, you will be drawn into the story of a young girl who would do anything to protect herself and her younger brother at any cost. Because Grace has a terrible tragic tale to tell there isn’t as much of that kind of wit as I would have liked

After Metalious's death, Peyton Place resurfaced as the setting for nine novels by Don Tracy (1905–1976), writing as Roger Fuller, including Evils of Peyton Place (1969) and Temptations of Peyton Place (1970), but this series had only modest sales. [6] Both Grace and Barbara had tragic events in their lives. It was fascinating that 1940s and 1950s small town residents could forgive and embrace a young woman for murder more easily than a rebellious writer who would not conform to small town standards.The 'Peyton Place' Murder by Renee Mallett is a highly recommended examination of author Grace Metalious and the murder that influenced her scandalous book Peyton Place. This is the girl in the car just before she exposes one of the breasts causing the driver to crash. With one child, the couple moved to Durham, New Hampshire, where George attended the University of New Hampshire. In Durham, Grace Metalious began writing seriously, neglecting her house and her three children. When George graduated, he took a position as principal at a school in Gilman Grace Metalious was an American author, best known for the controversial novel Peyton Place. It would push the limits of my word count to list everyone who is featured in this book. To use a sports term, Peyton Place has a deep bench. Suffice to say there is an interesting swath of humanity on display. I also know that in addition to a child being physically ready for sex at fifteen or sixteen his mind has been educated and conditioned to sex and he feels a tremendous basic drive for sex

In the current pop culture conscience, the words Peyton Placehave come to be associated with any small town or community in which sordid domestic scandals have been known to take place. Indeed, the phrase has been used as an expression for so long that it’s doubtful if any given user is even clear on the rich history of the fictional — but also very real — small New England town that makes up the novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, one of the most controversial and best-selling books ever published. Nevler would go on to spend 26 years at Fawcett Publications, becoming the publisher of Fawcett Books and also launching Crest Books. Fox, Margalit (December 15, 2005). "Leona Nevler, Editor, Dies at 79; Shepherded Peyton Place". The New York Times.Metalious — the "Pandora in bluejeans" — was said by some to be a dreadful writer and a purveyor of filth, but her most famous book changed the publishing industry forever. With regard to her success, she said, "If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste," and as to the frankness of her work, she stated, "Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend, and to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass." After the publication of Peyton Place Grace Metalious would never again have a quiet respectable family life. The novel brought her fame, a sort of infamy really, and a fortune. Those things brought the kinds of hangers-on that often show up when someone has had a sudden stroke of good fortune such as a large inheritance or winning the lottery. The little girl who had wanted everything and wanted it all the time, the girl who was married and tied down with children while still a teenager, suddenly had money and free time and lots of new friends who wanted her to share both with them. A party began that never really slowed down or ended. Pocos libros consiguen esa inmersión y aunque en ciertas partes me ha revuelto un poco, es una lectura que se ha ganado mi corazón lector a pulso y un puesto en My Century of Books de 1956. Peyton Place es de esas lecturas que no se olvidan. women suffered similar abuse when everything is supposed to be so wonderful and happy for girls and women. It was also interesting to read how her punishment for the crime was carried out.