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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2006
by Jackson, Shirley
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The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre
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 HillHouse is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
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- Title The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
- Author Jackson, Shirley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, New York
- Date 2006-11-28
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000156948
- ISBN 9780143039983 / 0143039989
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Size 0.6300 in x 7.6400 in x 4.8800 i
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 920
- Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050731
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson is widely considered one of the best literary ghost stories
published during the twentieth century. The novel has been adapted to film
twice — in 1963 and again in 1999 — both times under the title The Haunting. The
Gothic tale tells the story of socially repressed Eleanor Vance and three
others who head to Hill House to partake in an experiment involving paranormal
activities.
Summary
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre
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.
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.
From the publisher
First Edition Identification
The Viking Press first
published The Haunting of Hill House in New York in 1959. The dust jacket of
first editions display the original price of $3.95.
