The Haunting of Hill House Contributor(s): Jackson, Shirley (Author), Miller, Laura (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039989 ISBN-13: 9780143039983 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |