We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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4.0 • 101 Ratings
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Publisher Description
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 mystery novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was Jackson's final work. The novel is written in the voice of eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood, who lives with her sister and uncle on an estate in Vermont. Six years before the events of the novel, the Blackwood family experienced a tragedy that left the three survivors isolated from their small village.
Customer Reviews
Sisters….Sisters
Every time I read this story I think of the song from White Christmas. I’ve loved Shirley Jackson since I had to read The Lottery in school as a kid. This story is built on the misunderstanding of mental disorders and the loving devotion between two sisters. I’m particularly fond of the scenes where Merricat contemplates who will fix the broken step. Beautifully crafted story!
Formatting issues
There are some formatting issues. New lines missing, parentheses that shouldn’t be there and whatnot.
Terrible ebook edition
Buy the penguin classics version. This has so many formatting errors.