THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
by Shirley Jackson
I wish I’d written this ...
... because it's a psychological masterpiece!
This is reputedly the best haunted house novel ever written. I’ve not read the entirety of that sub-genre, but nevertheless, I don’t doubt that the acclaim has found its proper target. This is a phenomenal novel. It operates on so many levels, makes you think so hard, and sends genuine shivers up your spine. The style is brilliant and the story incredibly atmospheric and gripping. It stays with you long after the final page is turned. A book everyone needs to read.
From the publisher
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.
