{"product_id":"we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143039976","title":"We Have Always Lived in the Castle","description":"\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.“A marvelous elucidation of life…a story full of craft and full of mystery” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A witch’s brew of eerie power and startling novelty” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“I was thrilled by the genuine but meaningful strangeness of Shirley Jackson’s \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jackson’s novel is so wonderfully creepy that students usually feel subversive just for reading it. Add to that one of the most brilliantly realized unreliable narrators in fiction and the book becomes irresistible.” —\u003cb\u003eMarlon James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHIRLEY JACKSON was born in San Francisco in 1916. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story “The Lottery,” which was published in 1949. Her novels—which include \u003ci\u003eThe Sundial, The Bird’s Nest, Hangsaman, The Road through the Wall,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin), in addition to \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin)—are characterized by her use of realistic settings for tales that often involve elements of horror and the occult. \u003ci\u003eRaising Demons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife among the Savages\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin) are her two works of nonfiction. She died in 1965. \u003ci\u003eCome Along With Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin) is a collection of stories, lectures, and part of the novel she was working on when she died in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJONATHAN LETHEM is the author of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGun, with Occasional Music\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAs She Climbed Across the Table\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGirl in Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e ; and \u003ci\u003eAmnesia Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published stories (\u003ci\u003eMen and Cartoons\u003c\/i\u003e) and essays (\u003ci\u003eThe Disappointment Artist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305431060709,"sku":"NP9780143039976","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143039976.jpg?v=1767743679","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143039976","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}