

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Author: Shirley Jackson
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 03/10/2010
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Shirley Jackson
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 03/10/2010
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) first rose to fame with her short story 'The Lottery.' Her six novels and many short stories confirmed her as an essential voice in twentieth century American fiction.
This was an amazing book about 3 fascinating characters, each one with their own psychosis. Paranoia, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive, and fantasy all together in one surreal environment. Definitely worth reading.
This book is a masterpiece. It is short and spare and written in crystal clear prose, yet so evocative that it is richer in nuance than most good novels twice its size. It is so good I could kick myself for not reading it years ago, yet so mythic I am convinced I have known it always, like a tragic......more
Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh, no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep! A common trope in American horror films is to include children singing a song that, at first, is seemingly innocent but s......more
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Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep! I don’t really have a good reason to begin with that quote, other than the fact that I’m obsessed with it. It’s up there w......more
My favorite Shirley Jackson novel. A masterpiece of unreliable narration and of the eerie relationship between childishness and horror. I'm now re-reading this for a December group read, so I thought I'd update this review as I go. A lot has already been written about the masterful opening paragraph o......more