Shirley Jackson
Author
Publisher
Academy Chicago
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
241 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America's celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children. In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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....
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Delving deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, 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 outside forces disrupt their delicate balance of life." --
4) The haunting
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
246 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four seekers look for haunting evidence at the abandoned old mansion called Hill House. Their stay begins as a spooky encounter, but the house is gathering its powers and will choose one of them to make its own.
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 135 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A graphic adaptation of the classic short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson"--
"The classic short story--now in full color. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" continues to thrill and unsettle readers nearly seven decades after it was first published. By turns puzzling and harrowing, it raises troubling questions about conformity, tradition, and the specter of ritualized violence that haunts even the most bucolic, peaceful village. This graphic...
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Extended director's cut [edition].
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (569 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.