But Hill House is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. 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. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. 'Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers.The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Huttonįirst published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. 'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable' A. 'As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read' Stephen King If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman Twice filmed as The Haunting, and the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House is a powerful work of slow-burning psychological horror. But what begins as a light-hearted experiment is swiftly proven to be a trip into their darkest nightmares, and an investigation that one of their number may not survive. Joining them are Theodora, an artistic 'sensitive', and Luke, heir to the house.
'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna TarttĪlone in the world, Eleanor is delighted to take up Dr Montague's invitation to spend a summer in the mysterious Hill House.
The best-known of Shirley Jackson's novels and a major inspiration for writers like Neil Gaiman and Stephen King as well as the hit Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House is a chilling story of the power of fear
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