Description
Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson's stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial
When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared, and the family finds itself engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence as they prepare for a terrible new world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 01/28/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.35w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780143107064
ISBN10: 0143107062
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared, and the family finds itself engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence as they prepare for a terrible new world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 01/28/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.35w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780143107064
ISBN10: 0143107062
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
About the Author
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, and Come Along with Me and Life Among the Savages available from Penguin.