The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) 13 days ago.

• The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. 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. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

Liza R... edited the characters of The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) Wednesday, October 7 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Eleanor
• Added a character: Dr. Montague
• Added a character: Luke
• Added a character: Theodora

Shelfari edited the description of The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) Sunday, August 2 2009.

• The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. 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. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Shirley Jackson: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• NO LIVE organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.