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The Haunting of Hill House
Contributor(s): Jackson, Shirley (Author), Miller, Laura (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0143039989     ISBN-13: 9780143039983
Publisher: Penguin Group
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2006
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Annotation: The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre
First published in 1959, Shirley Jacksons "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. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powersand soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Ghost
- Fiction | Gothic
- Fiction | Horror - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006050731
Lexile Measure: 920
Series: Penguin Classics
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 208 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 167518
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton

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. 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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.