by ldelaney
Type: fiction
Status: liked
Author: Shirley Jackson
Tags: fantasy psychology fiction american magic classic adventure horror america supernatural literature death ghosts psychicalresearch lifeafterdeath hauntedhouse
2008-05-01
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The Haunting of Hill House
Eleanor Vance is an emotionally fragile woman who receives an invitation from a Dr. Montague along with two other people Theodora and Luke. They are invited to conduct a ghost watch at Hill House, a notorious estate in New England.
This book was a bitter disappointment after watching both renditions of the movie. In the movies, the house and its evil were the focus, and Eleanor's emotional breakdown was secondary. In the book Jackson struggles to keep the focus of the story on Eleanor as she reacts to the implied evil of Hill House. The effect is aborted and Eleanor's breakdown seems solitary within herself and not a cause of the house.
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by jaie
Type: fiction
Status: to read
Author: Shirley Jackson
Tags: horror to.be.read book.lust
2006-02-15