January 2008 Title of the Book: Rosemary's Baby Author: Ira Levin Publisher, year: Random House, 1967 Recommended by: --

Synopsis:

Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 best-selling horror novel by Ira Levin, his second published book.

The book centers on Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who has just moved into the Bramford, a New York apartment building, with her actor husband, Guy. Rosemary is initially warned that the Bramford has a disturbing past history, but she and Guy ignore this. Rosemary and Guy soon make friends with an eccentric elderly couple whose apartment backs up to their own, Minnie and Roman Castevet. Guy quickly becomes close with the Castevets. One night, Guy and Rosemary are planning a romantic dinner, but after eating a dessert, Rosemary begins feeling woozy and dreams that she is raped by something not human, while her elderly neighbors watch. Guy tells her that she just had a bad dream. Soon after, she discovers she is pregnant. As the pregnancy continues, Rosemary begins to suspect her elderly neighbors are not the kindly souls they appear to be. However, she soon finds out the horrible truth... . She is informed that she is the mother of the long-awaited anti-christ.

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Discussion Questions/Topics:

1. Why do you think Guy did what he did?

2. Did you expect something like this to happen?
3. Did you think the couple would be involved, or Guy?
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