The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140071083 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140071083 Global Overview for this book
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Eleanor Vance has always been a loner-shy, vulnerable, & bitterly resentful of the 11 yrs she lost while nursing her dying mother. Eleanor has always sensed that one day something big would happen, & one day it does. She receives an unusual invitation from Dr. John Montague, a man fascinated by "supernatural manifestations." He organizes a ghost watch, inviting people who have been touched by otherworldly events. A paranormal incident from Eleanor's childhood qualifies her to be a part of Montague's bizarre study-along w/ headstrong Theodora, his assistant, & Luke, a well-to-do aristocrat. They meet at Hill House-a notorious estate in New England.
Hill House is a foreboding structure of towers, buttresses, Gothic spires, gargoyles, strange angles, & rooms within rooms-a place "without kindness, never meant to be lived in...."
Eleanor Vance has always been a loner-shy, vulnerable, & bitterly resentful of the 11 yrs she lost while nursing her dying mother. Eleanor has always sensed that one day something big would happen, & one day it does. She receives an unusual invitation from Dr. John Montague, a man fascinated by "supernatural manifestations." He organizes a ghost watch, inviting people who have been touched by otherworldly events. A paranormal incident from Eleanor's childhood qualifies her to be a part of Montague's bizarre study-along w/ headstrong Theodora, his assistant, & Luke, a well-to-do aristocrat. They meet at Hill House-a notorious estate in New England.
Hill House is a foreboding structure of towers, buttresses, Gothic spires, gargoyles, strange angles, & rooms within rooms-a place "without kindness, never meant to be lived in...."
Journal Entry 2 by dancing-dog at Bellamy's Deli - 694 N Germantown Pkwy @ Trinity in Cordova, Tennessee USA on Saturday, July 8, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/8/2006 UTC) at Bellamy's Deli - 694 N Germantown Pkwy @ Trinity in Cordova, Tennessee USA
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Meet-Up release at Bellamy's :)
Meet-Up release at Bellamy's :)
I LOVED the short story The Lottery by her and is one of the few books from college lit class that I never forgot. This one looks good as well - thanks!
This was what the movie The Haunting was based on. Putting in movie bookbox.
This arrived today in the movie bookbox. Thanks so much! My husband and I enjoyed the movie and look forward to reading the book, thanks!
