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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2006

by Jackson, Shirley

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Alone since four members of the family died of arsenic poisoning, Merricat, Constance, and Julian Blackwood spend their days in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears.

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  • Title We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
  • Author Jackson, Shirley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Deluxe
  • Condition New
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York, NY
  • Date 2006-10-31
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ00UN20_ns
  • ISBN 9780143039976 / 0143039970
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.38 x 5.69 x 0.63 in (21.29 x 14.45 x 1.60 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 920
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Sisters
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006049342
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Taking readers 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 a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.


From the publisher

Shirley Jackson (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude.

First line

MY NAME IS MARY KATHERINE BLACKWOOD.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Entertainment Weekly, 04/04/2014, Page 70
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2006, Page 123

About the author

Shirley Jackson (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude.