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Carrie
by Stephen King
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/VeryGood
- ISBN 10
- 0385086954
- ISBN 13
- 9780385086950
- Seller
-
Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
A$774.70A$697.23
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine/VeryGood. 6.4"x9.5" 199 numbered pages. Black boards. Dk. plum cloth spine w/gilt letters. DJ & author photo by Alex Gotfryd. Doubleday colophon on title page. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price) & unmarked. Tear to crown of DJ w/some edge wear. Few faint foxing on white endpapers. 1" tear to top of gutter on title page. Lists The Eyes of the Dragon inside back flap that was first printed in 1985 by Philtrum Press. BCE not stated on flap. No DJ #. No code in gutter of pg.198 or 199. Secure ship w/trak #. Author's first novel and became a movie. The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom. Carrie knew she should not use the terrifying power she possessed... But one night at her senior prom, Carrie was scorned and humiliated just one time too many, and in a fit of uncontrollable fury she turned her clandestine game into a weapon of horror and destruction... A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time. Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is...Carrie.
Synopsis
First published in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King's first published novel. This dark tale introduces the reader to Carrie White, a social outcast in her highschool, menaced by bullies while at school, and her religious nut of a mother at home. Carrie gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, and woe to her tormentors...
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Reviews
On Dec 27 2021, a reader said:
This book is a short one and a good one. Super quick read with all my favorite King-isms. It's amazing that it's his first. I'd recommend it to anyone for a heartbreaking snow day read -- once you've finished the Shining and Misery, of course.
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Details
- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2812
- Title
- Carrie
- Author
- Stephen King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VeryGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385086954
- ISBN 13
- 9780385086950
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1974
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About the Seller
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