The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jacksonas "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 notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a ahauntinga; 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 powersaand soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
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雪莉·杰克逊,美国小说家。在其所处的年代,她被认为是一个流行文学作家。近年来,她受到评论界越来越多的关注,作品被归为美国经典文学之列,纳入“美国文库”出版。她影响了斯蒂芬·金、尼尔·盖曼等后辈作家。其代表作品《邪屋》是兰登书屋“现代文库”读者票选20世纪百大英文长篇小说之一,并获得美国国家图书奖提名。她还创作了以《摸彩》为代表的大量短篇小说和另外5部长篇小说。2007年,“雪莉·杰克逊奖”成立,奖掖心理悬疑、恐怖和黑色幻想类小说。
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