Jackson, Shirley
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2010
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Summary: When four seekers arrive at a notorious old mansion, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1997
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Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: A collection of two of the author's tales exploring a world of horror and the macabre featuring the haunting story of a small town's yearly ritual of evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Young 1953
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Summary: Fifty-odd stories, half of them never published before. The new lot includes a story on a girl who gets the devil to sell her his soul. Jackson (1919-1965) wrote The Haunting of Hill House.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACJackson, Shirley
Summary: "In just two decades she died in 1965, at the age of 48 Shirley Jackson created a weird and distinctive world of fiction, one in which a grinning death's head lies just behind the smiling mask of so-called everyday life. She first displayed her genius for conjuring daylight demons in The Lottery, the classic collection whose world-famous title story is an allegory of bloodlust and blind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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Summary: The Road Through the Wall explores the secret longings, petty hatreds and ultimate terrors that lurk behind the manicured lawns and picture-perfect domestic facades of a California suburb. In Hangsaman, precocious Natalie Waite grows increasingly dependent on a friend who may or may not be imaginary. The Bird's Nest pits four unforgettable characters against each other in a battle for control:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2000
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Summary: Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret takes 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 an afterword by Jonathan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHESummary: Adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, this psychological thiller tells the story of four people who come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAUContents: Night the ghost got in / James Thurber ; read by Isaiah Sheffer (11:50) -- Roman fever / Edith Wharton ; read by Maria Tucci (23:12) -- Mak westing / Jack London ; read by Steven Gilborn (19:41) -- Rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence ; read by John Shea (38:11) -- Lottery / Shirley Jackson ; read by Marian Seldes (21:21) -- Most dangerous game / Richard Connell ; read by Charles Keating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Symphony Space 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SELSummary: Collects four classic horror films, including "House of Wax," in which a wax sculptor devises a murderous plan to restock his museum; "The Haunting," in which four individuals travel to a haunted house to study its supernatural phenomena; "Freaks," featuring a group of carnival performers who inflict revenge on a trapeze artist who mocks them; and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," the classic tale of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A parapsychologist and two mediums spend a weekend in a haunted mansion. Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAUSummary: Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HAUTrevena, Shirley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2004
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Summary: "England, 1943: When twenty-five-year-old May Robinson's mother is tragically killed one foggy night, May is heartbroken and terrified. She isn't sure she has the strength to harbor the secret they have kept for so many years-the secret her mother devoted her life to hiding. The secret that would tear their broken family even further apart. Instead, May vows to make her mother proud by training...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction DicksonContents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011