Talk:Peyton Place (novel)

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Real place?

There is actually a "real" Peyton Place in Greenwich, London, a short cul-de-sac (dead end road) opposite the police station.

Appropriate to have in an encyclopedia?

Despite the critical hostility to Metalious' prose, there are glimpses of a deeper talent, as reflected in the book's third paragraph: "The sky was low, of a solidly unbroken blue. The maples and oaks and ashes, all dark red and brown and yellow, preened themselves in the unseasonably hot light, under the Indian summer sun. The conifers stood like disapproving old men on the hills around Peyton Place and gave off a greenish yellow light. On the roads and sidewalks of the town were fallen leaves which made such a gay crackling when stepped upon and sent up such a sweet scent when crushed that it was only the very old who walked over them and thought of death and decay."

Don't think so. 71.59.91.78 02:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"High school students in Gilmanton, Gilford and Laconia, New Hampshire are assigned this book as required reading and learn to separate the local truth from the fiction." - This doesn't seem accurate. I went to Laconia in the late 70s and it wasn't required reading, I highly doubt it is today either. Further, the continued discussion of how the novel brings the 'ire' of the local people is exaggerated and not contemporary. Perhaps back in the 50s? Jtagchair (talk) 02:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Having grown up in the house where the actual Roberts' murder took place, no one in the town of Gilmanton encouraged reading, writing or talking about Peyton Place...take that as a fact from one who most definitely knows. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philon5 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in the article?

The article has Allison Mackenzie running away to New York and being impregnated by a man named Allison Mackenzie. I know that Americans have funny names sometimes, but this seems unlikely. I read the book in about 1960, so I cannot correct the mistake, but perhaps someone can.

Richard Brock —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.235.32 (talk) 18:58, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, her mother, Constance, meets a man named Allison MacKenzie, who is the source for the daughter's name. Historically, Allison was a male name--sort of like the man in Gone With the Wind being an Ashleigh. Allison, the heroine of this novel, is named after her father.User:Snyrt

Michael what?

I remember Michael's name in the first novel being Kyros, changing to Rossi in the sequel with no explanation (to bring it in line with the TV series?). So: Did later editions of Peyton Place get retconned?

Paul Magnussen (talk) 03:29, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural References?

Shouldn't we include a section of references to this novel?

For instance, in Jeannie C. Riley's song, "Harper Valley P.T.A.," after Mrs. Johnson exposes the various scandalous behaviors of the members of the P.T.A. who suggested her own behavior was inappropriate to be raising her Junior High School daughter, she remarks, "Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites."

And this can't be the only reference to Peyton Place. SanctimoniousPharisee (talk) 21:09, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]