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The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959 under the title The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson's beloved novel 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 the psychic phenomena called "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. "Makes your blood chill and your scalp prickle. . . . Shirley Jackson is the master of the haunted tale."-- The New York Times Book Review
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The Haunting, Shirley Jackson
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Haunting
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Shirley Jackson
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 246
- ISBN10
- 0140287434
- ISBN13
- 9780140287431
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Classics, USA, Horror, American Literature, Supernatural Phenomena, Fun, England, Gifts for men, Adapted for Film, Ghosts and Apparitions, Gothic, Gothic Horror, Supernatural Horror, Dread, Fear, Adapted into Series, Haunted Houses
- First published
- 1959
- Original title
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959 under the title The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson's beloved novel 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 the psychic phenomena called "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. "Makes your blood chill and your scalp prickle. . . . Shirley Jackson is the master of the haunted tale."-- The New York Times Book Review