Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are a young couple moving into the Bramford, a grand and slightly decaying Manhattan apartment building with a reputation its new neighbors would rather not discuss. Their neighbors the Castevets, an eccentric elderly couple across the hall, take an unusually warm interest in the Woodhouses, particularly when Rosemary becomes pregnant shortly after Guy's acting career suddenly breaks open. As her pregnancy progresses, Rosemary's body rebels, her doctor dismisses her concerns, her husband grows strangely indifferent, and the people closest to her begin to feel like collaborators in something she cannot name. Ira Levin's 1967 novel kept its horror almost entirely domestic, staying inside one apartment and one woman's slowly verified paranoia, and became a foundational text for the modern conspiracy-of-neighbors thriller.
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Newlyweds Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into the Bramford, a Manhattan apartment building with a creepy past. The elderly Castevets next door take a special interest in Rosemary's pregnancy.
Rosemary's Baby was written by Ira Levin and published in 1967. Levin also wrote The Stepford Wives, A Kiss Before Dying, and the play Deathtrap.
Yes. Roman Polanski directed a 1968 film adaptation starring Mia Farrow. The film is widely considered one of the great American horror films and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon.
Rosemary's Baby is 514 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Rosemary's Baby takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Rosemary's Baby is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Rosemary's Baby is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
