The Shining by Stephen King

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Terrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane. Reissue.

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Summary

This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the Overlook Hotel's past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to laim the very souls of the Torrence family

Cast of Characters/Important People

Danny Torrance: a boy with paranormal powers
Jack Torrance: boy's father
Wendy Torrance: boy's mother
Dick Hallorann: black man with paranormal powers
Horace Derwent: a self-made millionaire and former owner of the Overlook Hotel

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Memorable Quotes

“Any big hotels have got scandals,' he said. 'Just like every big hotel has got a ghost. Why? Hell, people come and go.”
“A stupid man is more prone to cabin fever just as he's more prone to shoot someone over a card game or commit a spur-of-the-moment robbery. He gets bored. When the snow comes and there's nothing to do but watch TV or play solitaire and cheat when he can't get all the aces out. Nothing to do but bitch at his wife and nag at the kids and drink.”
“Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”

First Sentence

Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.

Part One: Prefatory Matters
1. Job Interview
2 .Boulder
3. Watson
4. Shadowland
5. Phonebooth
6. Night Thoughts
7. In Another Bedroom
Part Two: Closing Day
8. A View of the Overlook
9. Checking It Out
10. Hallorann
11. The Shining
12. The Grand Tour
13. The Front Porch
Part Three: The Wasps' Nest
14. Up On the Roof
15. Down in the Front Yard
16. Danny
17. The Doctor's Office
18. The Scrapbook
19. Outside 217
20. Talking to Mr. Ullman
21. Night Thoughts
22. In the Truck
23. In the Playground.
24. Snow
25. Inside 217
Part Four: Snowbound
26. Dreamland
27. Catatonic
28. "It was Her!"
29. Kitchen Talk
30. 217 Revisited
31. The Verdict
32. The Bedroom
33. The Snowmobile
34. The Hedges
35. The Lobby
36. The Elevator
37. The Ballroom
Part Five: Matters of Life and Death
38. Florida
39. On the Stairs
40. In the Basement
41. Daylight
42. Mid-Air
43. Drinks on the House
44. Conversations at the Party
45. Stapleton Airport, Denver
46. Wendy
47. Danny
48. Jack
49. Hallorann, Going up the Country
50. REDRUM
51. Hallorann Arrives
52. Wendy and Jack
53. Hallorann Laid Low
54. Tony
55. That Which was Forgotten
56. The Explosion
57. Exit
58. Epilogue/ Summer