Joanna agrees to see a psychiatrist, who prescribes her a sedative. He tells her the women of Stepford have changed onlyīecause they realised they’d been lazy and negligent It wouldn’t hurt you to look in a mirror once in a while. The women’s personalities have been erased, but their families don’t seem to mind – Bobbie’s son is delighted because his mother now makes hot breakfasts, while the husbands are thrilled because their “new” wives love sex and housework.įearful that she “won’t be me next summer”, Joanne realises Walter has also changed. I’ve decided to do my job conscientiously, the way Dave does his.

I realised I was being awfully sloppy and self-indulgent. Joanna and Bobbie realise, with mounting horror, that the Stepford women have literally been replaced by robots, in a scheme masterminded by their husbands – and they too, will be similarly transformed. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing suburban housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Watching one of them admiring her washing, “like an actress in a commercial”, Joanna thinks The women of Stepford transform into glassy-eyed housewives within months of arriving.

OL24682407W Page_number_confidence 96.94 Pages 100 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.13 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210510084008 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 210 Scandate 20210504060610 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9788723901682 Tts_version 4.The 1975 film of The Stepford Wives is as iconic as Ira Levin’s novel. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 02:00:49 Boxid IA40110407 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin