{"product_id":"we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143134831","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, with an afterword by Jonathan Lethem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Vitae Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics presents Penguin Vitae, loosely translated as “Penguin of one’s life,” a deluxe hardcover series featuring a dynamic landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction that has shaped the course of our readers' lives. Penguin Vitae invites readers to find themselves in a diverse world of storytellers, with beautifully designed classic editions of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.“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\u003eShirley Jackson (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \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 \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":46305181434085,"sku":"NP9780143134831","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143134831.jpg?v=1767743681","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-isbn-9780143134831","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}