Talk:Peyton Place (novel)

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[edit] Real place?

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

[edit] 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)