THE STORY: The home of the Blackwoods near a Vermont village is a lonely, ominous abode, and Constance, the young mistress of the place, can't go out of the house without being insulted and stoned by the villagers. They have also composed a nasty s
Gentleman's Agreement (Hobson), 131, 272 Geraghty, James, 276 German-American Bund, 146 Germany, Nazi, 40, 111, 114, 132, 140, 146, 182, 183 concentration camps of, 234, 235 military aggression of, 89, 109, 112, 163 “Ghosts of Loiret, ...
Combining a Hitchcockian sensibility with wickedly dark humor, Virginia Feito, a brilliantly talented and, at times, mischievous newcomer, offers a razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity.
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For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson’s radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist.
' "Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing..." ' Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American...
A Head Full of Ghosts is a terrifying tale told with inventive literary flair and unrelenting suspense that craftily, cannily, and inexorably builds to a truly shocking ending.
This collection consists of three complete books: The Bird's Nest Life Among the Savages Raising Demons and eleven short stories--including the world-famous "The Lottery."
Although the tops of the trees did not reach halfway up the tower, she could see only branches and leaves below and no sign of the wide lawns or the roofs of the house or the curve of the river. “I hoped I could see the way the river ...
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A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.