Book description
Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House:
Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic
phenomena; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Luke, the
adventurous future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless,
fragile young woman with a dark past. As they begin to cope with
chilling, even horrifying occurrences beyond their control or
understanding, they cannot possibly know what lies ahead. For Hill House
is gathering its powers - and soon it will choose one of them to make
its own. 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.
