![]() ![]() I imagine, however, that in 1959, when this book was published, Shirley Jackson shocked her readers with this creepy house on the hill. In fact, I think it’s fair to say that I wasn’t scared at all. Once I got started I was surprised to find that the stories have very little in common! As I had enjoyed the series so much, I initially found myself criticising the book for this, but once I got into it, this little horror story became an enjoyable read.įor a horror story, it’s not that scary. I loved the Netflix adaptation of “The Haunting of Hill House” so wanted to give the book a try. ![]() But Hill House is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. 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. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. (first published October 16th 1959) By Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne ( Narrator) ![]()
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