Record Number |
797629 |
ISBN |
9780143039983 (paperback) |
9780141191447 (paperback) |
Author |
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965 author. |
Title |
The haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson ; introduction by Laura Miller. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Penguin Books, 2006. |
©1959 |
Pagination etc. |
xxii, 182 pages ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Penguin classics |
Contents note |
Originally published; Viking Press, 1959. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary Note |
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. |
Subject |
Haunted houses -- Fiction |
Psychological fiction. |
Gothic fiction. |
Horror fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F JACK |