The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits...

Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, and occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own...

• ISBN10: 0606038043
• ISBN13: 9780606038041
• Publish Date: 1 January 1959
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 28 May 2021
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Turtleback School & Library ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 246
• Language: English

Reviews

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Another great horror story. I loved how Jackson portrayed the slow unraveling of Eleanor’s mind, with those little bursts of clarity. It’s no surprise that this is considered a classic. Another interesting thing about reading these classics, is that the style of writing is so different. Maybe that’s just part of what makes it a classic.