The Haunting of Hill House
By Shirley Jackson; Laura Miller (Introduction by)
(Penguin Classics, Paperback, 9780143039983, 208pp.)
Publication Date: December 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Audio Cassette (September 2002), Library Binding (January 0001), Audio Cassette (August 1999), Library Binding (February 1996), Paperback (June 1984), Hardcover (December 1982), Paperback (December 1964)
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The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre
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.
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.
Laura Miller, previously an editor at Salon.com, writes essays and reviews for the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other publications.
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