We Have Always Lived in the Castle Format: Paperback

Jackson, Shirley (Author); Lethem, Jonathan (Introduction by); Ott, Thomas (Jacket Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0143039970 / ISBN 13: 9780143039976

Published by Penguin Random House, 2006

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Have Always Lived in the Castle Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143039970
• ISBN 13: 9780143039976
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Ott, Thomas
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

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 the Author

Shirley Jackson (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude.