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Posted on June 23, 2023 by Vuava

Review “Come Along with Me, and other stories”, by Shirley Jackson (1968).

“Come Along with me” includes Shirley Jackson’s final story as well as sixteen other short stories and three lectures. The stories range from humour to the gothic horror for which Jackson is best known. I will touch on a selection of stories. “Come Along with Me” was Shirley Jackson’s last story, and unfinished.  This is…

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Vuava

Review “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson.

A story told from the point of view of an unreliable narrator, with events seen through the veil of an apparently dissociated mind, makes for an interesting narrative, where we wonder how much we can trust what the narrator is telling us. Turns out, we can trust her more than we imagined, as long as…

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Vuava

Review “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson (1959)

Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” is considered a classic of horror fiction. I will admit immediately that I didn’t find it particularly scary. The 1963 film adaptation, which kept fairly close to the book, may be partially responsible for that, in that I knew what was going to happen and how it would…

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