Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by the American author Grace Metalious . Set in New England in the time periods before and after World War II , the novel tells the story of three women who are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy town. Metalious included recurring themes of hypocrisy, social inequities and class privilege in a tale that also includes incest, abortion, adultery, lust and murder. The novel sold 60,000 copies within the first ten days of its release, and it remained on The New York Times best seller list for 59 weeks.
20-402: Peyton Place may refer to: Peyton Place (novel) , a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious Peyton Place, a fictional New England town that is the setting for the 1956 novel Peyton Place (film) , a 1957 film, adapted from the novel Return to Peyton Place , a 1959 follow-up novel also by Grace Metalious Return to Peyton Place (film) ,
40-471: A "widow" and child, and Constance alters her daughter's birth date to make her appear legitimate. With the money she's saved as well as what she received from her late lover's will, she opens up an apparel store called the Thrifty Corner. Allison grows up lonely and isolated, idealizing the father she never had and dreaming of a future as a published author. The poorer side of Peyton Place is represented by
60-621: A cemetery with 176 graves, including many of the founders. In 2000, the population of Peyton was 30. Peyton Roberts was born as a slave in Virginia . In the 1820s, he moved to Texas with his owner, Jeremiah Roberts, settling in the Bastrop and Caldwell counties area. Peyton and his family eventually became the slaves of his grandson, William, who freed his slaves during the American Civil War . The freed families agreed to work for William during
80-454: A composite of all small towns where ugliness rears its head, and where the people try to hide all the skeletons in their closets." Novelist Barbara Delinsky, author of the fictional Looking for Peyton Place (2006), noted that, "The town is a character itself, a seductively beautiful facade that hides a plethora of ills..." Several characters and events were drawn from events in nearby towns and people that Metalious actually knew. Selena Cross
100-410: A franchise that would run through four decades. 20th Century-Fox adapted it as a movie in 1957, and Metalious wrote a follow-up novel that was published in 1959, titled Return to Peyton Place , which became a film in 1961 using the same name . The original 1956 novel was adapted again in 1964, in what became a prime time television series for 20th Century Fox Television that ran until 1969, and
120-555: Is an unincorporated community in Blanco County , in the U.S. state of Texas . According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 30 in 2000. Established by formerly enslaved people around 1865, the community was named for Peyton Roberts, one of the founders. Peyton was also known by the names Payton, Peyton Colony, and Boardhouse (because the post office was located in A.V. Walker's house made of board, which became
140-455: The 1961 sequel to the 1957 film Peyton Place (TV series) , an ABC prime time soap opera from 1964 to 1969, also adapted from the 1956 novel Return to Peyton Place (TV series) , an NBC daytime soap opera that ran from 1972 to 1974 Murder in Peyton Place , a 1977 television movie based on the 1964 TV series Peyton Place: The Next Generation , a 1985 television movie based on
160-453: The 1964 TV series "Peyton Place", a song by the band Squeeze, released on their album Frank in 1989 Looking for Peyton Place , a 2005 novel by Barbara Delinsky See also [ edit ] Payton's Place , a 1995 jazz album by Nicholas Payton Peyton's Places , a sports television show starring Peyton Manning Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
180-476: The Cross family, Nellie and Lucas Cross and their daughter Selena, who is Nellie's biological daughter, but not Lucas'. Paul, Lucas's son and Selena's stepbrother, left Peyton Place after accusing Lucas of stealing his money. Nellie and Lucas later have a child together: Joey, who lives with the couple and Selena in "the shacks", a poor section of town being targeted for redevelopment. Selena and Allison become friends, but
200-406: The drastic difference in their socioeconomic situations ensures the friendship does not last long. "While Allison wants Selena to share her love of bucolic little spots like Road's End, Selena wants only to spend time at Allison's mother's dress shop and, increasingly, to talk with boys. Moreover, when Allison finally gets a look inside the shack where Selena lives, she is horrified by the squalor and
220-506: The first in the community). After he was emancipated, Peyton Roberts left Lockhart for the area that would become Peyton. Roberts acquired the land through preemption , and other early residents would follow suit. Even though preemption ended in 1876, land grants continued to be issued as late as 1880. Peyton had its own post office from 1898 to 1909 and again from 1918 to 1930. Even though the community has not been listed on county maps since then, it still exists today. The colony site also has
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#1732876171565240-497: The local woolen mills, whose son Rodney dies in a car accident, as well as newspaper man Seth Buswell. Peyton Place was first adapted as a film in 1957 and entirely recast for its 1961 sequel Return to Peyton Place . It was followed by the soap operas Peyton Place (1964–1969) and Return to Peyton Place (1972–1974), and the made-for-television movies Murder in Peyton Place (1977) and Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985). Note: Peyton, Texas Peyton
260-432: The name of a real community near Andover, New Hampshire . Realizing their town should have a fictional name, they looked through an atlas and discovered the community of Payton, Texas . They combined that with Place and changed the "a" to an "e". Thus, Peyton Place was created, prompting her comment, "Wonderful—that's it, George. Peyton Place. Peyton Place, New Hampshire. Peyton Place, New England. Peyton Place, USA. Truly
280-476: The term "Peyton Place" entered the American lexicon describing any small town or group that holds scandalous secrets. A daytime soap opera titled Return to Peyton Place ran from 1972 to 1974, and the franchise had two made-for-television movies: Murder in Peyton Place and Peyton Place: The Next Generation in 1977 and 1985 respectively. Grace Metalious and her husband George first considered Potter Place,
300-480: The title Peyton Place . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peyton_Place&oldid=996111908 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peyton Place (novel) The novel spawned
320-513: The violence she sees in Lucas. Eventually, Allison and Selena grow distant because of Selena's closeness with Ted Carter." When Selena turns 14 years old, Lucas begins to abuse her, impregnating her and leaving local doctor Matthew Swain in a troublesome situation in which he decides to perform an abortion. The doctor makes Lucas leave town, and after she discovers this, Nellie commits suicide by hanging. Other storylines follow Leslie Harrington, owner of
340-454: The war, receiving payment in the form of supplies they would need to begin new lives. It was known as Freedman’s Colony to white settlers. The residents mostly farmed for a living. Roberts also built a lime kiln which was used to make the mortar for the buildings erected in Peyton. It was restored in 1960 near a park. Founded in 1874, Mt. Horeb Baptist Church was the first church in Peyton and
360-448: The years following World War II. Lonely and repressed Constance MacKenzie leaves Peyton Place for New York City at a young age and meets a man in the fabrics business named Allison MacKenzie, who already is married with children. Constance becomes pregnant with MacKenzie's child. MacKenzie dies a few years after his daughter, also named Allison, is born. Constance and her daughter adopt Allison's last name before returning to Peyton Place as
380-443: Was based on Barbara Roberts, a 20-year-old girl from the village of Gilmanton Ironworks , who murdered her father Sylvester after years of sexual abuse and buried his body under a sheep pen. In the novel, Selena kills her stepfather because incest was considered too taboo for readers at the time. Metalious' editor Kitty Messner made the change, much to the author's dismay and disapproval. The story starts in 1937 and continues through
400-584: Was directed by Rev. Jack Burch. Jim Upshear, who moved to the area from Virginia with his wife by wagon train , donated the land for the church's permanent site. Peyton is located just west of the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 165 and 2325 near Boardhouse Creek, 7 mi (11 km) east of Blanco in southeastern Blanco County. Peyton is also located 23 mi (37 km) southeast of Johnson City , 36 mi (58 km) east of Fredericksburg , 56 mi (90 km) north of San Antonio , and 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Austin . While
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