{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-hill-house-paperback","title":"The Haunting of Hill House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e. Introduction by \u003cb\u003eLaura Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe greatest haunted house story ever written, and the inspiration for the Netflix series. One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Laura Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e and \"The Lottery.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Miller\u003c\/b\u003e, previously an editor at Salon.com, writes essays and reviews for the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.0 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Classics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 1, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67973716902087,"sku":"9780143039983","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/0741\/9335\/files\/9780143039983.jpg?v=1792589340","url":"https:\/\/spineboundbooks.com\/products\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-paperback","provider":"Spinebound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}