Novels and stories / Shirley Jackson

Author:: Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965
Uniform Title:: Works. Selections. 2010
Published:: New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2010]
New York, N.Y. : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam.
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: x, 827 pages ; 20 cm.
Additional Creators:: Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

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Series:

The Library of America ; 204

Contents:

The lottery; or, the adventure of James Harris -- The haunting of Hill House -- We have always lived in the castles -- Other stories and sketches -- Uncollected -- Janice -- A cauliflower in her hair -- Behold the child among his newborn blisses -- It isn't the money I mind -- The third baby's the easiest -- The summer people -- Island -- The night we all had grippe -- A visit; or, The lovely house -- This is the life; or, Journey with a lady -- One ordinary day, with peanuts -- Louisa, please come home -- The little house -- The bus -- The possibility of evil -- Unpublished -- Portrait -- The mouse -- I know who I love -- The beautiful stranger -- The rock -- The honeymoon of Mrs. Smith -- Appendix: Biography of a story -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Notes.

Summary:

"In just two decadesshe died in 1965, at the age of 48Shirley 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 obedience to tradition. She perfected it in two great Gothic novels: The Haunting of Hill House, the tale of an achingly empathetic young woman chosen by a haunted house to be its new tenant, and We Have Always Lived in the castle, the unrepentant confessions of Miss Merricat Blackwood, a cunning adolescent who has gone to quite unusual lengths to preserve her ideal of family happiness. All three books are here, together with 21 other stories and sketchestwo of them previously uncollectedthat present the author in all her many modes: unrivalled mistress of the macabre, groundbreaking domestic humorist, and subtle social satirist." "The Library of America, a nonprofit publisher, is dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9781598530728
1598530720

Note:

Contents selected by Joyce Carol Oates.
"The Lottery, The haunting of Hill House, We have always lived in the castle, other stories and sketches."

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