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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By Shirley Jackson
Illustrated by Thomas Ott
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

By Shirley Jackson
Illustrated by Thomas Ott
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

By Shirley Jackson
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

By Shirley Jackson
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

By Shirley Jackson
Illustrated by Thomas Ott
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

By Shirley Jackson
Illustrated by Thomas Ott
Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

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Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

Paperback $17.00

Oct 31, 2006 | ISBN 9780143039976

Hardcover $26.00

Feb 23, 2021 | ISBN 9780143134831

Ebook $8.99

Oct 31, 2006 | ISBN 9781101530658

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    About We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret

    Taking 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 a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret, with an afterword by Jonathan Lethem.

    A Penguin Vitae Edition

    Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.

    Penguin Classics presents Penguin Vitae, loosely translated as “Penguin of one’s life,” a deluxe hardcover series featuring a dynamic landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction that has shaped the course of our readers’ lives. Penguin Vitae invites readers to find themselves in a diverse world of storytellers, with beautifully designed classic editions of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.

    About We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret

    Taking 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 a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    The Haunting of Hill House (Movie Tie-In)
    Dark Tales
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    About Shirley Jackson

    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 The New Yorker in 1948. She is the author of six novels, including The Haunting… More about Shirley Jackson

    About Shirley Jackson

    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 The New Yorker in 1948. She is the author of six novels, including The Haunting… More about Shirley Jackson

    About Shirley Jackson

    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 The New Yorker in 1948. She is the author of six novels, including The Haunting… More about Shirley Jackson

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 31, 2006 | 160 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143039976

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Hardcover | $26.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Feb 23, 2021 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143134831

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 31, 2006 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9781101530658
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    Praise

    “A marvelous elucidation of life…a story full of craft and full of mystery” —The New York Times Book Review

    “A witch’s brew of eerie power and startling novelty” —The New York Times

    “I was thrilled by the genuine but meaningful strangeness of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” —George Saunders

    “Jackson’s novel is so wonderfully creepy that students usually feel subversive just for reading it. Add to that one of the most brilliantly realized unreliable narrators in fiction and the book becomes irresistible.” —Marlon James

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