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The Lottery - Shirley Jackson

<p>Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean isl...

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Shirley Jackson, Influences and Confluences

The popularity of such widely known works as "The Lottery" and The Haunting of Hill House has tended to obscure the extent of Shirley Jackson's litera

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Raising Demons - Shirley Jackson

<p>'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (and brilliant writer) is an eternal, comic joy' Amy Bloom'Our new house was waiting for us, eager, expectant, and empty'Shirley Jackson skewered the trials of domestic l...

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

<p>Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperat...

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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.

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The Haunting of Hill House, 1. vydání - Shirley Jackson

<p>Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, the future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past.</p>

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The Haunting of Hill House (Movie Tie-In) : A Novel - Shirley Jackson

<p>The greatest haunted house story ever written and the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton. 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 notori...

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Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s a 50s (LOA #336)

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Haunting on the Hill

The first novel to return to the world of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House authorised by the Shirley Jackson estate

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In the Night Wood

A FOREST. A BOOK. A MISSING GIRL. NOMINATED FOR THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD AND THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

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The Houseguest

Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted - you'll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who makes nightmares come to lif...

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The Houseguest : And Other Stories - Dávila Amparo

Anotace: Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila`s stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you`ll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who makes nightmares co...

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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter (0241455650)

Kniha - 288 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama, Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire, and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical...

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Study for Obedience: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 - Bernstein Sarah

Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023NAMED AS ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE`S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023A powerful, compressed masterwork for fans of Shirley Jackson and Claire-Louise BennettA woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote northern country to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just left him. The youngest child of many siblings...

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Study for Obedience: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 - Sarah Bernstein

<p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 NAMED AS ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023 A powerful, compressed masterwork for fans of Shirley Jackson and Claire-Louise Bennett A woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote northern country to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just left him. The youngest child of many sib...

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Speak Gigantular

Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. A startling debut short story co

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Wonderland

Shirley Jackson meets The Shining in this richly atmospheric and thrillingly tense new novel from the acclaimed author of the "deliciously creepy" deb

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Owl Cries

From the Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of The Hole, a slow-burning noir thriller with a touch of horror and the uncanny.

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When Things Get Dark

The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today's best horror writers.

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When Things Get Dark

The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting todayÂ’s best horror writers.

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Short Straw

Gillian Flynn meets Shirley Jackson, A haunting page-turner about the unspeakable secret that binds two families together, and the truth that may dest

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Library Suicides

A captivating locked-room thriller set in a National Library, where there is more at stake than meets the eye. With haunting echoes of Shirley Jackson

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Butcher

A suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting

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Secrets of Cedar Farm

The brand new thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Carissa Ann Lynch. Perfect for fans of John Hart, Jane Harper and Shirley Jackson.

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Pew

An eerie modern tale for fans of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Hall from a young American writer hailed as one of the finest of her generation.

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Sinister Resonance

Deciphers sounds and silences buried within the ghostly horrors of Arthur Machen, Shirley Jackson, Charles Dickens, M R James and Edgar Allen Poe, Dut

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Lucky Girl

A story told across Christmases, rooted in loneliness, horror, and the ever-lurking presence of Krampus, written by World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson

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Petra's Ghost

Part ghost story, part travel novel, an enticing tale of exorcising one's demons and learning to put the past to rest, for fans of Shirley Jackson and

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Ballad of Black Tom

The Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Award finalist and Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award-winning excavation of Lovecraftia

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Silent Companions

Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling gothic ghost story to send a shiver down the spine...

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Discovering Fiction Student's Book 2

Authentic North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. The stories in this book were chosen for their universal appeal. Among the authors included are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, and Shirley Jackson. Pre-reading and post-reading activities arouse students' interest...

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Mimo dosah

Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkoliv jsme se snažili pro sebe ...

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Mimo dosah

Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkoliv jsme se snažili pro sebe ...

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100 More Pop Solos For Flute

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay [Redding, Otis] (Something Inside) So Strong [Siffre, Labi] A Hard Day's Night [Beatles, The] Always On My Mind [Pet Shop Boys] Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) [Gates, Gareth] Beautiful [Aguilera, Christina] Big Sur [Thrills, The] Born To Try [Goodrem, Delta]

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Mimo dosah - Samanta Schweblin

Anotace: <p>Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkoliv jsme s...

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Mimo dosah - Samanta Schweblin

Anotace: <p>Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkoliv jsme s...

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Mimo dosah - Samanta Schweblin

<p></p><p>Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkol...

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Mimo dosah - CDmp3 (Čte Dana Černá) - Samanta Schweblin

<p></p><p>Schweblin napsala postmoderní vícehlasou hypnotickou novelu, která se čte jedním dechem. Těžko určit, jestli je to sen, realita, horor či noční můra. Příběh odehrávající se na argentinském venkově tematizuje hledání bodu zlomu, jediného okamžiku, kdy jsme jedním banálním krokem odbočili ze své cesty a řítíme se k nevyhnutelné katastrofě, jakkol...

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