We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson
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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 an afterword by Jonathan Lethem.
Genres: HorrorFictionGothicMysteryAudiobookThrillerBook ClubClassicsMystery ThrillerAdult
152 Pages

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