Rosemary's Baby (novel)

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"Rosemary's Baby" is a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin about a young pregnant woman who comes to suspect that a satanic cult wants to use her unborn child for their own dark purposes.

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instanceOf horror novel
novel
adaptedInto Rosemary's Baby (1968 film) NERFINISHED
antagonistGroup satanic coven of neighbors
author Ira Levin NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
centralConflict a pregnant woman struggles to determine whether a satanic conspiracy is real or imagined
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Roman Polanski NERFINISHED
firstEditionFormat hardcover
firstPublicationPlace New York City NERFINISHED
followedBy Son of Rosemary NERFINISHED
genre horror fiction
occult fiction
psychological horror
hasISBN 0394417022
hasSequel Son of Rosemary NERFINISHED
literaryMovement 20th-century American horror literature
mainCharacter Guy Woodhouse NERFINISHED
Minnie Castevet NERFINISHED
Roman Castevet NERFINISHED
Rosemary Woodhouse NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeTone suspenseful
notableFor influencing modern horror literature and film
popularizing satanic pregnancy themes in horror fiction
originalLanguage English
placeOfSetting Manhattan NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
The Bramford (fictional apartment building) NERFINISHED
plotSummary A young pregnant woman comes to suspect that her neighbors are members of a satanic cult who want to use her unborn child for their own purposes.
protagonistOccupation housewife
publicationDate 1967
publisher Random House NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1960s
settingType apartment building
theme loss of bodily autonomy
marital betrayal
occultism
paranoia
pregnancy
satanism
urban isolation
timeSetting contemporary to its publication
timeToWrite approximately one year

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Ira Levin notableWork Rosemary's Baby (novel)
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Ira Levin wrote Rosemary's Baby (novel)
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Ira Levin adaptedToFilm Rosemary's Baby (novel)
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