{"product_id":"we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143129547","title":"We Have Always Lived in the Castle","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle \u003c\/i\u003eis perhaps the crowning achievement of Shirley Jackson’s brilliant career: a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the dramatic struggle that ensues when an unexpected visitor interrupts their unusual way of life.“A marvelous elucidation of life…a story full of craft and full of mystery” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A witch’s brew of eerie power and startling novelty” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\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.” —George Saunders\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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.” —Marlon James\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (1916–1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story “The Lottery,” which was first published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCome Along with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird’s Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sundial\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eLife Among the Savages\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaising Demons \u003c\/i\u003eavailable from Penguin Books.\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":46302455005413,"sku":"NP9780143129547","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143129547.jpg?v=1767743682","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143129547","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}