We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Paperback Book

Description: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson "First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press 1962. Published in a Viking Compass edition 1970. Published in Penguin Books 1976. Previously published with an afterword by Jonathan Lethem in Penguin Books 2006." -- Title page verso. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The deliciously dark and funny story of Merricat, tomboy teenager, beloved sister - and possible mass murdererEighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their fathers fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home. Author Biography Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story, The Lottery, was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by Hangsaman, The Birds Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965. Review Her greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturists charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go. -- Donna TarttThe world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master. -- A. M. HomesA masterpiece of Gothic suspense. -- Joyce Carol OatesIf you havent read We Have Always Lived in the Castle ... you have missed out on something marvellous. -- Neil Gaiman Details ISBN0241685044 Author Shirley Jackson Pages 176 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780241685044 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-06-06 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-06-06 ISBN-10 0241685044 NZ Release Date 2024-09-09 AU Release Date 2024-09-09 Alternative 9780141191454 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160376723;

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