We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

charlesdee
8/3/2016
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This short novel is the perfect showcase for Jackson's slyly vicious sensibility. I was worried that the twist I saw coming was too obvious, but when it arrives, Jackson handles it in so offhand a manner that I felt she was winking at the reader and saying, Hey, I know you all had this figured by the second chapter. And then she proceeds into unpredictable territory.