The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
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The Haunting of Hill House

Author: Shirley Jackson

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2010

Synopsis

Now a hit Netflix miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy HuttonPast the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits.Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.This classic horror novel has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

About Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote such classic novels as We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work has been adapted to film, television, and theater and has influenced generations of writers that followed.

About Bernadette Dunne

Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich

‘Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within…’ Of all the haunted places, your own mind can be the most terrifying. Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House interplays between supernatural and psychological horror where a twisted and sinister haunted house hel......more

Goodreads review by Michael

I'm falling in love with this book all over again as I re-read it. The premise is that of a science experiment--an academic exercise to test the reality of house-haunting. I love the fact that the opening pages essentially replicate the clinical nature of the premise: here's the chief investigator,......more

Goodreads review by Bill

The Haunting of Hill House (1959) is justly revered as an exemplar of the horror genre, not only because its plot provides the template for all those haunted house tales to come, but also because its superb prose and subtle psychology transcend genre, transforming what might otherwise have been mere......more

Goodreads review by emma

Honestly, all you need to know about my reading experience with this book is the following: - I never (EVER!!!!) get scared of books. - My least favorite genre of movie is horror, because they're not scary and are therefore just ~boring~. - I am obsessed with ghost stories but they are never satisfying......more

Quotes

“Bernadette Dunne’s performance of Jackson’s novel is so eerily superb that she breathes new life into the 1959 ghost story…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“A goose-pimple horror story, and a good one.” New York Herald Tribune

“Makes your blood chill and your scalp prickle…Shirley Jackson is the master of the haunted tale.”  New York Times Book Review

“The Haunting of Hill House is a highly engaging and suspenseful ghost story, that is, like all good ghost stories, an anatomy of its characters. Jackson’s “hauntedness” is in her troubled protagonist, not in the actual house—there is a possiblity that a toxic individual is a contagion to others and to herself.” Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times bestselling author

“The story is great, scary, and wonderful, but the book also elicits such great questions about the powers of suggestion and the myth of the delicate female…I love that it is steeped in gothic terror, and without veering into grotesque horror, it chilled me to the bone. I didn’t think I’d enjoy a classic ghost haunting story quite so much, but this book knocked me out and has sent me on a Shirley Jackson kick.” Tessa Fontaine, author of The Electric Woman

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Bustle Pick
  • BookRiot Pick
  • National Book Award
  • New York Public Library Staff Pick
  • The Handbook's Picks
  • New York Times Bestseller in Audio
  • Audible Editors Top Pick
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