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i enjoyed this very much; cannot wait to read more of Jackson's works ( ) A Claustrophobic but Mesmerizing Story What happened to the Blackwood family? As this bizarre tale opens, we meet paranoid, superstitious Mary Katherine (Merricat) and agoraphobic Constance, young women who live in an old mansion with only their infirm Uncle Julian. As the story unfolds the reader learns that after their family tragedy six years ago, the trio has been ostracized by their small town. The sisters stick to their rigid routine, rules, traditions and superstition s unit an unsettling change occurs. This short book had me on the edge of my seat. Who and what caused the family tragedy? What underlying problems produced the damage to the sister? The story is told through the unreliable voice of Merricat, and that proves to be a creepy and claustrophobic point of view!
Of the precocious children and adolescents of mid-twentieth-century American fiction ... none is more memorable than eighteen-year-old "Merricat" of Shirley Jackson's masterpiece of Gothic suspense We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962). Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inHas the adaptationDistinctionsNotable Lists
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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