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The Haunting of Hill House
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| Author: | Shirley Jackson |
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Penguin Books, 1959 |
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| Genres: | Fantasy |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Psychological Gothic Ghosts |
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First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
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- Estella's Revenge: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Scary shit. Right here. I chose to read this on a Saturday with the sun coming in through the windows and birds chirping. And then it took me longer to read than I'd expected. And then David had to leave to go home early and I ... - Refurbish Me.: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
My Rating Synopsis: First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly ... - Announcing the 2012 Shirley Jackson Award Winners | Tor.com
In honor of the famed author of The Haunting of Hill House and the seminal short story, ?The Lottery,? the Shirely Jackson Awards focuses on works of literature which approach the fantastic and are often horror-themed. - This Week in Fiction: Shirley Jackson : The New Yorker
An interview with Shirley Jackson's son, Laurence Jackson Hyman. ... She created one of the most famous ghost stories of the twentieth century??The Haunting of Hill House??without revealing any ghosts at all. In ?We Have ... - Misreadings: Jonathan Ball on Shirley Jackson | Lemon Hound
Let's imagine that Shirley Jackson's horror classic The Haunting of Hill House is a metafiction, that it tips its hand in its first paragraph, and that the haunting of Hill House is effectively a metaphor for how this monstrous book ... - eerie worlds: Review: "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, the well-known author of the amazing "The Lottery", is such a masterpiece that I find myself forced to go against one of my self-imposed rules. I shall warn you. In this review I ... - Connie Willis and the Spooky Magic of Shirley Jackson | Del Rey ...
-Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House. That book opened up an entirely new world for me. I eagerly dived into her work. I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle, next. Wow. Another work of very subtle horror, but one ... - [575] The Haunting of Hill House ? Shirley Jackson | A Guy's ...
hill. ? The sense was that it wanted to consume us, take us into itself, make us a part of the house, maybe?oh, dear. I thought I knew what I was saying, but I'm doing it very badly. ? (Ch.5, p.139). It's obvious that The Haunting ... - Stuck-in-a-Book's Weekend Miscellany: Shirley Jackson Special!
I have read almost everything else she has written including her short stories which are so eerie and strange, and The Haunting of Hill House is definitely one of the scarier novels I have read, but could never justify the price ... - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
I asked for more Shirley Jackson recommendations on Twitter, and we had a lively discussion. The Haunting of Hill House is a given since it's probably her most famous work. I'm also keen to read a full collection of her short ... - Review ? The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson | That's ...
It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a ?haunting?; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, ... - The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson | Reading the End
At last I have finished a novel by Shirley Jackson! I liked the short stories I read of hers in eighth grade (?The Lottery?, predictably, and ?The Possibility of Evil?), but ignored her novels for years, and then I tried to read We Have ... - KWBC: The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson - Kevin's Watch
Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:43 am Post subject: KWBC: The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson, Reply with quote. In July, the book club has been reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. - Comma Enthusiast: The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The readathon happened (a month ago, I know. Get off my back), which means I have books that aren't Harry Potter that I can talk about. Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House was the first book I picked up that Saturday ... - M R Cosby's blog: Reviews: The Haunting of Hill House and The ...
Reviews: The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is one of those authors whose work I had always wanted to read, but had somehow never quite managed. In the end ...
