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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060080846
ISBN: 0060080841
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: August 01, 2002
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: July 23, 2002
Sales Rank: 69072
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby
With an Introduction by Peter Straub
For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret -- a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same.
At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs, The Stepford Wives is a novel so frightening in its final implications that the title itself has earned a place in the American lexicon.
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The term, "Stepford Wife" is so well-known today, it's hard to believe it all started with this little novella. In it, Joanna and her husband move out of the big city to the idyllic suburb of Stepford, Connecticut, where life seems perfect. Joanna hopes to be active in Women's Lib activities but soon finds all the wives in town want nothing more than to cook and clean. And all the husbands go to the Men's Association every night. Why?
Having loved the 1975 movie version of The Stepford ... Read More
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I can handle watching or reading just about any level of horror... so what was it about this tiny little novella that I read in an hour that truly chilled me? First, I have never seen the movies... so I had no real preconceived notions other than having seen the commercials. Something about being a girl, who was raised in a society where everything tells you that you have to be beautiful, you have to be talented, and above all you have to be perfect or you are nothing... this book really taps into that ... Read More
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After moving with her husband and two young children to the small, rural, picture perfect town of Stepford, thirty-two-year-old Joanna Eberhart soon realizes that something isn't right. Although able to befriend another newcomer, Bobbie Markowe, she is perplexed by the seemingly unfriendly behavior of the majority of the less recent inhabitants, especially the overwhelmingly buxom, beautiful women who complete their hausfrauian duties so contentedly. Their cheerful smiles and polite but distant greetings ... Read More
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I had only seen the film starring Nicole Kidman before reading this book and I knew the tone was going to be quite different and I also expected the novel to be much better. I was right on both accounts. After reading this short novel, I watched the original film adaptation of The Stepford Wives, which is much more faithful to the novel than the remake but is still not as interesting or clever as the book. This was also my first time reading anything by Levin and I would definitely read more from him. ... Read More
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I will admit that I had no idea there was a book belonging to The Stepford Wives until I stumbled across a used copy for a bit of pocket change. I fell in love with the 1975 film version and left the theater with a bad taste in my mouth after the 2004 remake (an abomination!). The original book version falls somewhere in between.
Written during the height of the second wave of feminism, Levin has an independent and "liberated" Joanne move to suburban Stepford to escape the hustle, bustle, and ... Read More
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