The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton First published...
Hill House from The Haunting Of Hill House Inspired by the Robert Wise 1963 adaptation Hand drawn, pen & ink. A high quality giclee print of the original image on thick paper. Please note that these prints are made to order so can take up to two weeks to arrive in the UK, and longer overseas. Although I'd hope three weeks would be worse case scenario. Any questions please contact me.
Angie Hoffmeister’s illustration for Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books Illustrated by Ben Stahl 1960
Turn the page if you dare.
A good scare can be good fun, especially when you’re curled up with an extremely creepy horror novel and you’re just daring yourself to turn that nex...
Reader's Digest Condensed Books Illustrated by Ben Stahl 1960
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This is a complete novel unit for high school students (Grades 9-10 standards-aligned) for use with Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. This unit divides the novel into 3 sections (Ch. 1-3, 4-6, & 7-9). Each section has one of the following activities: A 3-word vocabulary activity page A 2-page set of comprehension check activities (not things that can be easily Googled) A close reading analysis page of a passage from that section A RAFT (role-audience-format-topic) writing assessment The unit also includes: An end-of-novel test with multiple choice, matching, and short answer questions A complete answer key for all objective questions in the unit A 3-week pacing guide Please see the PREVIEW for a free sample of the vocabulary and close reading for Chapters 1-3! This unit is a single PDF download.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; 1960, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books (via archive.org), illustrated by Ben Stahl
The author Carmen Maria Machado, a finalist for this year’s National Book Award in Fiction, discusses the brilliance of an eerie passage from Shirley Jackson’s "The Haunting of Hill House."
“A couple of gals painting their nails in the green room at Hill House 👻💅🕸️ Inspired by Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" for today's "haunted" Drawlloween prompt”
In her rivetingly funny letters, the author of “The Lottery” transformed the stuff of daily life into magic.
A list of the scariest quotes ever. Features creepy quotes from literature, movies, and perhaps the most frightening source of all, the Bible.
“A couple of gals painting their nails in the green room at Hill House 👻💅🕸️ Inspired by Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" for today's "haunted" Drawlloween prompt”
One hundred and one years ago today, Shirley Jackson was born. During her lifetime, she wrote “The Lottery,” and The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the …
A short summary of the book The Haunting of Hill House: Am I crazy or is this house haunted? My favorite Shirley Jackson quote from the b...
Title: The Haunting of Hill House Author: Shirley Jackson Genre: Horror Publisher: Penguin Publication date: First published in 1959 Paperback: 246 pages 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 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. Stand alone or series: Stand alone How did I get this book: Bought Why did I read this book: Thea dared me to read this for Halloween Week and since I wanted to read something truly terrifying, I said yes. Review: There are two things that TERRIFY me: ghost stories and haunted houses. The Haunting of Hill House combines both in a story of psychological Horror. That is to say: this book is […]
A profile of the late American writer, renowned for her unsettling and disturbing stories.
Twenty-five years ago, the wonderful literary magazine, Conjunctions, was born. Fifty years ago, the master of the dark American fable, Shirley Jackson, died. To honor both, we’re pleased to …
Houses that won't let you leave, insects that grow inside you and admirers that kill you with kindness, these horror novels avoid genre tropes but
Shirley Harris (née Crain) is a major character from The Haunting of Hill House. Despite her quite haughty personality, Shirley cares about her siblings greatly, going to such extents as to pay for Luke’s rehab. She also allows Theo to live in one of her home's outbuildings and does Nell's makeup for her wedding in 2016. She was also extremely against the idea of Steven taking advantage of the family's past trauma for a profit. Shirley has a tendency to want everything under her control, to the
