An edition of Misery (1978)

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An edition of Misery (1978)

Misery

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (111 ratings) ·
  • 1,972 Want to read
  • 99 Currently reading
  • 210 Have read

The #1 national bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his “number one fan” and suffering a frightening case of writer’s block—that could prove fatal. One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” (USA TODAY).

Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has finally met his number one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader—she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.

Annie wants Paul to write a book that brings Misery back to life—just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an axe. And if they don’t work, she can get really nasty.

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Simon & Schuster Audio
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English

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Subjects

dope, pills, American Novelists, Captives, Fans (Persons), Fiction, Novelists, Prisoners, Suspense fiction, Writers, abuse, fear, horror, isolation, prisoner, suspense, thriller, Nurses, American Horror stories, Horror tales, Pepsi, Fiction, horror, American literature, Authors, fiction, Large type books, American fiction, Literary, Thrillers, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, science fiction, general, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Horror - General, Horror & ghost stories, Fiction - Horror, Zhang pian xiao shuo

People

Bossie, Bully, Dumpster, Growler, Hezekiah, Mary, Misery, Peter Gunn, Daniel, Geoffrey Alliburton, Hester Beaulifant, Bryce Bell, Crysilda Berryman, Dr. Bilford, Mrs. Bollinger, Tony Bonasaro, Dr. Bookings, Lady Calthorpe, Ian Carmichael, Misery Carmichael, Sean Carmichael, Thomas Carmichael, Gwendoline Chastain, Misery Chastain, Girl Christopher, Careless Corrigan, Mr. Cranthorpe, Nancy Dartmonger, Eddie Desmond, Ralph Dugan, Charlotte Evelyn-Hyde, Mr. Faverey, Angela Ford, John Ford, Albert Fossington, John Fowles, Kirsten Frawley, Nicholas Freeling, Duncan Fromsley, Ernest Gonyar, Lieutenant Gray, Christopher Hale, Paul Harvey, Billy Haversham, Baron Heidzig, Officer Humbuggy, Mrs. Saspbrak, Tamara Kinsolving, Adrian Krenmitz, Alison Krenmitz, Frederic Krenmitz, Laurene Krenmitz, Paul Krenmitz, Duane Kuchner, Michael Leith, Chief M'Chibi, W. Somerset Maugham, Mr. McKibbon, Trooper McKnight, Danna McLaren, Lee McLaren, Charlie Merrill, Mrs. Mulvaney, Michael O'Whunn, Old Man Patterson, Andrew Pomeroy, Bill Ramage, Mrs. ramage, Glenna Roberts, Tony Roberts, Laura D. Rothberg, Gary Ruddman, Andrea Saint James, Roman D. Sandpiper, Virginia Sandpiper, Mrs. Sheldon, Paul Sheldon, Roger Sheldon, Dr. Shinebone, Paulette Simeaux, Mrs. Soames, Irving Thalman, John Daniel Torrance, Tom Twyford, Van der Valk, Daniel Webster, Mad Jack Wickersham, Trooper Wicks, Annie Marie Wilkes, Carl Wilkes, Crysilda Wilkes, Paul Emery Wilkes, Edmund Wilson, Chuckie Yoder, Scheherazade

Places

Arc de Triomphe, Mei guo

Times

1980s, Xiandai

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Misery
2020, Debolsillo
paperback in Spanish
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Misery
2019, Hodder
paperback in English
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Misery
2016 January, Simon & Schuster Audio
Audio CD in English
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头号书迷
2013, Shang hai wen yi chu ban she
in Chinese
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Misery
2011, Hodder
in English
Cover of: Misery
Misery
1999-05, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
mass market paperback in Spanish
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Sie: Roman
1991, Heyne
in German - Einmalige limitierte Sonderaufl.
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Misery
1991, BCA
in English
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Misery
1988, New English Library
in English
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Misery
1987, Guild Publishing
in English
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Misery
1987-01-01, Guild Publishing
in English

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Copyright Date
1992

Contributors

Narrator
Lindsay Crouse

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Format
Audio CD

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Open Library
OL26433487M
ISBN 10
1508217149, 1508217157
ISBN 13
9781508217145, 9781508217152
OCLC/WorldCat
933731019
Goodreads
28112608

Work Description

Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon's number one fan, rescues the author from the scene of a car accident. The former nurse takes care of him in her remote house, but becomes irate when she discovers that the author has killed Misery off in his latest book. Annie keeps Sheldon prisoner while forcing him to write a book that brings Misery back to life.

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