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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
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Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
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2015
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The Road Through the Wall
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1948
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The Boxer: A Novel
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1976
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A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction
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Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s
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Granta Em Língua Portuguesa 7: Sono/Sonho
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Fragments: Architecture of the Holocaust: An Artist's Journey Through the Camps
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“If one is bewildered and unhappy, why not show it, and why will not people explain and comfort? But instead—this pretense at calm satisfaction, where underneath there is all the seething restless desire to be off, away from all this anger at self and others, to where there are other conventions, other thoughts, other passions.”
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
“I have never liked the theory that poltergeists only come into houses where there are children, because I think it is simply too much for any one house to have poltergeists and children. —“The Ghosts of Loiret”
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
“Telling women’s stories was—and would always be—Jackson’s major fictional project. As she had in The Road Through the Wall and the stories of The Lottery, with Hangsaman Jackson continued to chronicle the lives of women whose behavior does not conform to society’s expectations. Neither an obedient daughter nor a docile wife-in-training, Natalie represents every girl who does not quite fit in, who refuses to play the role that has been predetermined for her—and the tragic psychic consequences she suffers as a result. During the postwar years, Betty Friedan would later write, the image of the American woman “suffered a schizophrenic split” between the feminine housewife and the career woman: “The new feminine morality story is . . . the heroine’s victory over Mephistopheles . . . the devil inside the heroine herself.” That is precisely what happens in Hangsaman. Unfortunately, it was a story that the American public, in the process of adjusting to the changing roles of women and the family in the wake of World War II, was not yet ready to countenance.”
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
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National Book Critics Circle
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The National Book Critics Circle honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.
The National Book Critics Circle honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.
Classics Without All the Class
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You don’t have to be an English or Literature Major to enjoy great books! We want people to read for the fun of it and not worry about feeling they ne ...more
You don’t have to be an English or Literature Major to enjoy great books! We want people to read for the fun of it and not worry about feeling they ne ...more
Innovative Horror
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E.T.A. Hoffman, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson and (arguably) Clive Barker all moved horror fiction forward in their time. Who's doing so today? I t ...more
E.T.A. Hoffman, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson and (arguably) Clive Barker all moved horror fiction forward in their time. Who's doing so today? I t ...more
Supernatural Freakshow
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Like to read about haunted houses, haunted swamps and non-romantic, subversive paranormals and eco-gothics in the Shirley Jackson/Michael McDowell vei ...more
Like to read about haunted houses, haunted swamps and non-romantic, subversive paranormals and eco-gothics in the Shirley Jackson/Michael McDowell vei ...more
Mazza Book Palace
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I'm doing changes this time from the group I made before. Anyone can join, even authors. Invite your friends. Remember to vote on the polls on the giv ...more
I'm doing changes this time from the group I made before. Anyone can join, even authors. Invite your friends. Remember to vote on the polls on the giv ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Books on the Nightstand
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A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
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