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We Have Always Lived in the Castle Paperback - 1984

by Shirley Jackson

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Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.

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Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods--until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.

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  • Title We Have Always Lived in the Castle
  • Author Shirley Jackson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 214
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1984-06-05
  • ISBN 9780140071078 / 0140071075
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.79 x 5.09 x 0.46 in (19.79 x 12.93 x 1.17 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 920
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Gothic novels
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 83024960
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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“A marvelous elucidation of life…a story full of craft and full of mystery” —The New York Times Book Review

“A witch’s brew of eerie power and startling novelty” —The New York Times

About the author

Shirley Jackson (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

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