While growing up I remembered my mother using the expression "this is just a little Peyton Place". Although the profanity was not used as prolifically as in modern day novels, the situations show people are the same even if the time has chanced. I think the novel won it's acclaim because of shock value not from quality of writing. I know that there is a sequel and the ending left me with the feeling that this was just the first half of a longer book. Not a bad read but it never moved me or challenged me mentally.
This is my selection for "a classic with a title that includes a place name".
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