We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

Penguin, 2010 - Classical fiction - 158 pages

Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperate need to get into the safe, Merricat must do everything in her power to protect the remaining family.

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User Review  - PardaMustang - LibraryThing

Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle tells the story of the Blackwood family who has sadly been reduced to just three members. Several years prior, four other members of the family died from ...

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User Review  - NanetteLS - LibraryThing

After reading Shirley Jackson's biography, I wanted to re-read her most famous book. It's just as bizarre and disturbing as I remember it being. The story of two reclusive sisters living in an old ...

About the author

Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco in 1916. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story 'The Lottery', which was published in 1949. Her novels - which include The Sundial, The Bird's Nest, Hangsaman, The Road through the Wall, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House - are characterised by her use of realistic settings for tales that often involve elements of horror and the occult. Raising Demons and Life Among the Savages are her two works of nonfiction. Come Along With Me is a collection of stories, lectures, and part of the novel she was working on when she died in 1965.

Bibliographic information

• Title: We Have Always Lived in the Castle; Popular Penguins
• Author: Shirley Jackson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Penguin, 2010
• ISBN: 0141194995, 9780141194998
• Length: 158 pages