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(0)Shirley Jackson
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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...
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English
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Dark and nightmarish, Shirley Jackson's short stories represent a singular and ever-powerful genre unto themselves. "The Lottery" remains one of the most terrifying stories ever published--all the more so for its lucid, convincing realism--and one of the most controversial; it has become an essential classic of American fiction. This selection of Jackson's stories showcases a true master at the height of her haunting powers
4) Dark tales
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Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"For the first time in one volume, a collection of Shirley Jackson's scariest stories, with a foreword by PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh. After the publication of her short story "The Lottery" in the New Yorker in 1948 received an unprecedented amount of attention, Shirley Jackson was quickly established as a master horror storyteller. This collection of classic and newly reprinted stories provides readers with more of her unsettling,...
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Library of America volume 336
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Shirley Jackson--the beloved author of The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle--is more and more being recognized as one of the finest writers of the American gothic tradition, a true heir of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James. Now, Jackson's award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin gathers the subtle, chilling, hypnotic novels with which she began her unique career. Her haunting debut tale The Road Through the...
8) The haunting
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A parapsychologist and two mediums spend a weekend in a haunted mansion.