The Haunting of Hill House
The four visitors at Hill House-- some there for knowledge, others for adventure-- are unaware that the old mansion will soon choose one of them to make its own.
The four visitors at Hill House-- some there for knowledge, others for adventure-- are unaware that the old mansion will soon choose one of them to make its own.
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780143039983
Publish date: 28-11-2006
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
I love Shirley Jackson, I really do. I've always put this book on the back burner because I wasn't in the "mood" for a haunted house story. Little did I know that this is SO much more than that. Okay, yes... it IS a story of a haunted house but what Jackson has done for the haunted genre mirrors wha...
Considered the mother of all haunted house stories and given how often this classic story has influenced other story tellers, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House will be familiar even to those who have never read the story. However, this familiarity does not preclude one’s enjoyment of the ...
If there's one word to describe this book it's this: disorientating. The prose itself is unbalanced and disorientating just like the house.
Delightfully creepy!!
Thought I'd give this shorty a quick read. I've been hearing about this book for years, and some authors have mentioned it as having influenced their early writing lives. I'm probably one of the only people who has read the book and not seen the movie. I don't anticipate watching the movie, as I ...
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