An edition of We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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An edition of We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
  • 4.4 (45 ratings) ·
  • 343 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 83 Have read

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise, I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.
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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
146

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Cover of: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2006, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Cover of: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
October 31, 2006, Penguin Classics
in English
Cover of: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
1984, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
1984, Penguin Books
Library Binding in English
Cover of: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
May 20, 1970, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1962.
US/CAN

Published in
New York, USA
Copyright Date
2006

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3519.A392 W4 2006, PS3519.A392W4 2006

Contributors

Introduction
Jonathan Lethem

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, 146 p. ;
Number of pages
146

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17924197M
Internet Archive
wehavealwayslive00jack_0
ISBN 10
0143039970
ISBN 13
9780143039976
LCCN
2006049342
OCLC/WorldCat
1088671693, 70676633
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0143039970
Google
J7YpDwAAQBAJ
Library Thing
27233
Goodreads
89724

Work Description

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

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.

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