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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (June 5, 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140071083
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140071085
  • Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (829 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsone of two books which have genuinely scared me
By Schuyler V. Johnson on February 25, 2000
Format: Paperback
I saw "The Haunting", the movie version of the book when I was in high school and I remember, quite vividly, how much it scared me. What's so ironic, taken in the context of today's effects and fireworks shows, is that back then, in the early '60s, this movie never shows a monster...or anything else that would OBVIOUSLY frighten. The breathing doors and sounds in the hall were more than ample to illustrate fear. The book is much richer in detail and includes, especially, two scenes which I feel really should have been included in the movie. The first is when Eleanor and Theo take a stroll around the grounds of the house with Luke and Theo and Luke pair off and Eleanor thinks they are right behind her. They are some distance away, yet she senses them (or something) close by. The second is after an altercation one night Eleanor stalks out of the house and Dr. Marquay sends Theo after her to bring her back. The two of them are so wrapped up in their respective inner turmoil they fail to notice how far they've walked from the house(and at Night!) They notice, suddenly, that the landscape has become like a negative photograph, with light and dark reversed...they continue on and come upon a happy scene, in bright color, of a family having a picnic. The description of this made my hair stand on end. The horror is implied and erupts only occasionally but always with tremendous effect. This is truly a modern classic of the genre...the opening lines as memorable as "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" or "Call me Ishamel"..."Hill House, not sane, had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more...within, floors were firm, windows sensibly shut, and whatever walked there, walked alone." My suggestion...don't read this book alone, but read it!
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5.0 out of 5 starsEven the words on the pages are haunted
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on March 30, 2002
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The Haunting of Hill House remains one of the most important horror novels of all time and certainly one of the most singular haunted house tales ever written. It is certainly worth mentioning that at no time do we or the characters actually see any sort of visible ghostly manifestation; the phenomena are limited to cold spots, spectral banging on the walls and doors, messages written on walls, and torn, blood-spewed clothing in one room. If Jackson had compelled Hugh Crain (the main who built Hill House) to pop out of the woodwork and say Boo!, this story would have been long forgotten. Still, it quite amazes me that Shirley Jackson has met with such critical success and eternal popularity; I say this only because her writing style is unique and rather off-the-wall. Truly, Jackson's writing itself is haunted, and she herself almost surely was in some manner. There is a degree of insanity in every page; the characters often engage in dialogue that is childish of a sort and certainly different from normal adult conversation. I would think such idiosyncratic writing would appeal only to those like myself who are different, somewhat kooky, outsiders looking at the real world through thick-paned glass that sometimes fogs over or plays tricks with our eyes depending on the angle in which the sun hits it or does not hit it.
Eleanor is an especially appealing character to me because I share many of her doubts and fears: I don't belong, what are people saying about me?, are people laughing at me behind my back?, why am I here and where am I going?, etc. No one rivals Jackson in the ability to paint a deeply moving, psychologically deep portrait of the tortured soul.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbsolutely wonderful-nothing like the remake!
By Ayisha Bhalli on January 17, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Shirley Jackson is truly the master of horror. She weaves a dark tale of loneliness, depression, sadness, obsession and fear. Most readers, who have seen the remake, seem to be impressed with special effects and cheesy plots. This story is chilling not because of the supernatural themes, but because of the dark recesses of human nature. People don't seem to realize that the ending (without giving too much away) depicts Eleanor's response towards her feelings of isolation and depression. Who knows if she did what she did because of a ghost or because she was truly mad? was she trying to stay in the only place that understood her or was the house trying to keep her? Please, don't base this literary masterpiece on a REALLY bad movie. read the book and decide WHO was in control-Eleanor or Hill House?
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5.0 out of 5 starsJACKSON'S CLASSIC WITCH'S BREW
By Jarrod Kirkland on January 26, 2000
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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is one of the most subtle yet disturbing ghost stories ever written. Deservedly a true classic of the genre and a fine piece of modern American literature, the genius of Jackson's writing is in her SUBTLETY. Generally I find that readers who don't like or understand the book don't realize that all the while they're under Jackson's spell. (it's a book many people need to read over again) This short novel is one of the RARE FEW which will LINGER in the psyche LONG after it's been read! In the previous reviews, approximately 90% of the readers who were "disappointed" felt there was SOMETHING unique about the book. Eleanor. Eleanor was never "normal" to begin with; in Hill House she was like a kid in a candy store! Unable to relate to people, the house becomes her lover and her best friend; they become as ONE. I have to admit that I would have liked the book to have been longer, but I suspect Jackson's sudden ending was her style of "shock". Shirley Jackson knew what she was doing; this book is a classic witch's brew of symbolism and, boy, does it prey in the hallways of the mind! Forget what the previous scoffers say: read this alone in bed on a stormy night and I GUARANTEE you'll agree that Jackson was a master of her craft!
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5.0 out of 5 stars... am already about halfway through the book and I love it. I read a...

I am already about halfway through the book and I love it. I read a lot of reviews on it before purchasing, there wee a lot of mixed reviews on it. So glad I got it. Read more

Published 4 days ago by Leah Beck
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat chiller!

I loved this book. It was hard to put down. Shirley Jackson does a great job of building up the suspense of the house, slowly, methodically, and getting you inside the character's... Read more

Published 8 days ago by Michael
5.0 out of 5 starsThe scariest novel I've ever read

"The Haunting of Hill House" was the first haunted house novel I ever read, and it pretty much spoiled me for any succeeding horror novels. Read more

Published 9 days ago by ealovitt
3.0 out of 5 starsWarning: spoilers in intro

The novel is extraordinary. Shirley Jackson is a masterful writer. She crafts her novels with a combination of subtlety, ambiguity, psychological depth and complexity which leave... Read more

Published 11 days ago by Ciccia
3.0 out of 5 starsBoring

I read this book thinking I was going to be scared out of my wits, but I was just utterly bored with all the characters.

Published 13 days ago by Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 starsBetter than the movie but that's noy saying much...

Very slow and monotonous read for me. Would not recommend to someone looking for horror or a thriller. Read more

Published 14 days ago by Tim L.
4.0 out of 5 starsPG rated, scary entertainment

Good old fashioned period ghost story. If it were a movie I would rate it PG. Spooky enough for mid to late teen without nightmares.

Published 16 days ago by Judith
3.0 out of 5 starsI found the story tedious; this disappointed me due to it's high...

I found the story tedious; this disappointed me due to it's high ratings but that's how I found it. I enjoyed The Lottery a great deal but this not so much.

Published 16 days ago by Karen J. Adams
4.0 out of 5 starsA fun and somewhat haunting tale

This was rather beautifully written. I found myself lost in the descriptions and very moved by the characters, though the story itself is hardly scary. Read more

Published 21 days ago by Amazon Customer
3.0 out of 5 starsGood read

Very nicely written. Not very scary for certainly a good read. I recommend as a good book but not one that will cause a fright.

Published 1 month ago by Brandon Ardinger

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