Best Selling Books by Shirley Jackson

A trove of iconic horror stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson, “the master of the haunted tale” (The New York Times Book Review). One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, this lucid tale of a sleepy town’s annual lottery—and the monstrous desires it awakens—endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites “The Lottery” with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson’s remarkable range—from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous—and showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers.

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The American writer Shirley Jackson is known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. She attracted significant public attention for the controversial short story ‘The Lottery’, presenting the sinister underside of a bucolic American village. Her 1959 horror masterpiece ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ is widely considered one of the best ghost stories ever written. In spite of her untimely death at the age of 48, her works continue to draw critical acclaim and revaluation, having a major impact on the development of the horror genre. This eBook presents Jackson’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Jackson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 7 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the stories * Easily locate the tales you want to read * Jackson’s rare children’s books – available in no other collection * Includes Jackson’s two seminal memoirs * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Road through the Wall (1948) Hangsaman (1951) The Bird’s Nest (1954) The Sundial (1958) The Haunting of Hill House (1959) We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) Come Along with Me (1968) The Shorter Fiction The Lottery and Other Stories (1949) Stories from ‘Come Along with Me’ (1968) Miscellaneous Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Children’s Books The Bad Children (1958) Nine Magic Wishes (1963) Famous Sally (1966) The Non-Fiction The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956) Special Delivery (1960) Miscellaneous Essays and Sketches The Memoirs Life among the Savages (1953) Raising Demons (1957)

Sepulangnya dari kantor yang nyaman dan ber-AC, dengan hati riang dan berencana makan malam istimewa bersama istri tercinta, Mr. Beresford malahan harus kehilangan “rasa nyaman” yang seharian tadi dinikmatinya sebagaimana halnya dirasakan para pria kantoran di New York pada umumnya, karena kehadiran sebuah gangguan terus-menerus dari seorang pria bertopi yang menguntitnya ke mana pun kakinya melangkah. Celakanya, dia tidak mampu menghilangkan jejak, walaupun jelas-jelas dirinya berada di antara keramaian orang, di tempat umum yang antara satu orang dengan lainnya, sibuk dengan urusan masing-masing. Di pusat bisnis Kota New York. Pria itu selalu bisa menemukannya, menatap setiap pergerakannya. Mr. Beresford merasa mungkin dirinya salah karena menilai aneh pakaian pria asing itu, meskipun tidak mengungkapkannya secara verbal, tapi apa hanya karena alasan itu dirinya dibuat begitu bersalah? Masih dengan kisah-kisah yang kerap membuat kening pembaca berkerut, mau tidak mau mempertanyakan kaitan antara satu hal dengan hal lainnya, Shirley Jackson dalam antologi Paranoia, menghadirkan 7 cerita pendek yang selalu butuh untuk dibaca berulang-ulang agar dipahami maksud tersiratnya.

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Chiunque abbia visto qualche film del terrore con al centro una costruzione abitata da sinistre presenze si sarà trovato a chiedersi almeno una volta perché le vittime di turno (giovani coppie, gruppi di studenti, scrittori alla vana ricerca di ispirazione) non optino, prima che sia troppo tardi, per la soluzione più semplice – e cioè non escano dalla stessa porta dalla quale sono entrati, allontanandosi senza voltarsi indietro. Bene, a tale domanda, meno oziosa di quanto potrebbe parere, questo romanzo di Shirley Jackson – il suo più noto – fornisce una risposta, forse la prima. Non è infatti la fragile, sola, indifesa Eleanor Vance a scegliere la Casa, dilatando l’esperimento paranormale in cui l’ha coinvolta l’inquietante professor Montague molto oltre i suoi presunti limiti. È piuttosto la Casa – con la sua torre buia, le porte che sembrano aprirsi da sole, le improvvise folate di gelo – a scegliere, per sempre, Eleanor Vance. E a imprigionare insieme a lei il lettore, che tenterà invano di fuggire da una costruzione romanzesca senza crepe, in cui – come ha scritto il più celebre discepolo della Jackson, Stephen King – «ogni svolta porta dritta in un vicolo buio». "L’incubo di Hill House" è apparso per la prima volta nel 1959.

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''''The Road Through the Wall'''' was Jackson''s first novel. Jackson loosely based the novel on her childhood, growing up in an affluent California neighborhood. She also admitted that she wrote the book, in part, to get back at her parents, whom she resented for their narrow-mindedness and greed, stating that a writer''s first novel has to be the one in which they get back at their parents.

Vier Menschen betreten die alte Villa, die als Hill House bekannt ist. Sie wollen die übernatürlichen Phänomene, die sich angeblich darin ereignen, untersuchen. Die vier werden etwas Böses erleben, das sich ihrer Kontrolle und ihrem Verstand entzieht. Sie können unmöglich wissen, dass sie von dem Haus selbst angelockt wurden und welche bösen Pläne es verfolgt ... Das Meisterwerk der ''Queen of Horror'', der wichtigsten Autorin unheimlicher Literatur und Vorbild für Stephen King und viele andere Autoren. Neil Gaiman: ''Was das wirklich Unheimliche betrifft, überragt Shirley Jacksons SPUK IN HILL HOUSE alle anderen Romane. Eine erstaunliche Autorin. Wenn du sie nicht gelesen hast, hast du etwas Wunderbares verpasst.'' Donna Tartt: ''Shirley Jacksons Geschichten gehören zu den schauerlichsten, die je geschrieben wurden.'' Joyce Carol Oates: ''Shirley Jackson ist eine dieser höchst eigenwilligen, unnachahmlichen Schriftstellerinnen, deren Werke einen bleibenden Zauber ausüben.'' Stephen King: ''Einer der wirklich großen unheimlichen Romane der vergangenen hundert Jahre.'' FESTA MUST READ: Große Erzähler ohne Tabus. Muss man gelesen haben. Shirley Jackson ist die ''Queen of Horror'', die wichtigste Autorin unheimlicher Literatur und literarisches Vorbild für Stephen King, Neil Gaiman und viele andere Autoren. Shirley Jackson wurde 1916 in Kalifornien geboren. Als der New Yorker 1948 ihre Kurzgeschichte ?The Lottery? veröffentlichte, waren viele Leser so entsetzt, dass sie ihre Abonnements kündigten und Hassbriefe sendeten. The Union of South Africa verbot die Veröffentlichung dieser Geschichte sogar. Inzwischen gilt sie als eine der berühmtesten Erzählungen Amerikas. Ihre dunklen, brillanten Romane haben viele Autoren beeinflusst. The Haunting of Hill House und We Have Always Lived in the Castle sind ihre Meisterwerke. Shirley Jackson starb 1965. Stephen King: ''The Haunting of Hill House ist einer der wirklich großen, unheimlichen Romane der vergangenen hundert Jahre.''

The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been made into two feature films and a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series. Jackson''s novel relies on terror rather than horror to elicit emotion in the reader, using complex relationships between the mysterious events in the house and the characters'' psyches. Hill House is a mansion in a location that is never specified but is between many hills. The story concerns four main characters: Dr. John Montague, an investigator of the supernatural; Eleanor Vance, a shy young woman who resents caring for her demanding, disabled mother;Theodora, a bohemian artist implied to be a lesbian; and Luke Sanderson, the young heir to Hill House, who is host to the others. Montague hopes to find scientific evidence of the existence of the supernatural. He rents Hill House for a summer and invites as his guests several people whom he has chosen because of their experiences with paranormal events. Of these, only Eleanor and Theodora accept. Eleanor travels to the house, where she and Theodora will live in isolation with Montague and Luke. Hill House has two caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, who refuse to stay near the house at night. The four overnight visitors begin to form friendships as Montague explains the building''s history, which encompasses suicide and other violent deaths. All four of the inhabitants begin to experience strange events while in the house, including unseen noises and ghosts roaming the halls at night, strange writing on the walls, and other unexplained events. Eleanor tends to experience phenomena to which the others are oblivious. At the same time, Eleanor may be losing touch with reality, and the narrative implies that at least some of what Eleanor witnesses may be products of her imagination. Another implied possibility is that Eleanor possesses a subconscious telekinetic ability that is itself the cause of many of the disturbances experienced by her and other members of the investigative team (which might indicate there is no ghost in the house at all). This possibility is suggested especially by references early in the novel to Eleanor''s childhood memories about episodes of a poltergeist-like entity that seemed to involve mainly her.

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Present''s Shirley Jackson''s classic short story about an altruistic man and his mean-spirited wife.