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The Haunting of Hill House: Now the Inspiration for a New Netflix Original Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Autor Shirley Jackson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 oct 2018
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW NETFLIX SERIES DEBUTING THIS HALLOWE'EN

The best-known of Shirley Jackson's novels and a major inspiration for writers like Neil Gaiman and Stephen King,The Haunting of Hill Houseis a chilling story of the power of fear.

'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna Tartt, author ofThe GoldfinchandThe Secret History

Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, the future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past. As they begin to cope with horrifying occurrences beyond their control or understanding, they cannot possibly know what lies ahead. For Hill House is gathering its powers - and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. Twice filmed asThe Haunting, and the inspiration for a new 10-part Netflix series,The Haunting of Hill Houseis a powerful work of slow-burning psychological horror.

Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short storyThe Lotterywas first published in theNew Yorkerin 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 five more:Hangsaman,The Bird's Nest,The Sundial,The Haunting of Hill HouseandWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.

If you enjoyedThe Haunting of Hill House, you might like Jackson'sWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'An amazing writer ... If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman

'As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read' Stephen King

'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable' A. M. Homes

'Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers...whose work exerts an enduring spell' Joyce Carol Oates
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ISBN-13: 9780241389690
ISBN-10: 0241389690
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:Media tie-in
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Recenzii

As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read ... Stepping into Hill House is like stepping into the mind of a madman; it isn't long before you weird yourself out
No one can touch her
An amazing writer
Not only the best haunted-house story ever written, but also a quiet subversion of the ingénue trope in horror fiction
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master
The quintessential haunted-house story ... A masterpiece of edgy tension and creeping terror
A novel which at one stroke puts her unquestionably among the great masters of the genre . . . as spine-chilling as anything Edgar Allan Poe dreamed up