We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Hardcover, 160 pages

Published by Penguin Classics.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-313483-1

(1 review)

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret

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.

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ralentina reviewed We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Loved it

5 stars

This book is sinister and comforting at once, a combination I did not think was possible. Through details, and carefully chosen words, Shirley Jackson injects creepiness into the everyday, and coziness into the darkness. I grew to love the murderer, and will forever be scared of New England's small villages. I must admit that I read this book on a great holiday after a few, long months of hard work. So, the perfect situation to fall in love with a book. That said, I thought it was a little masterpiece.