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Come Along with Me
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A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery"
At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in New Yorker history. In her gothic visions of small-town America, Jackson, the author of such masterworks as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, turns an ordinary world into a supernatural nightmare. This eclectic collection goes beyond her horror writing, revealing the full spectrum of her literary genius. In addition to Come Along with Me, Jackson's unfinished novel about the quirky inner life of a lonely widow, it features sixteen short stories and three lectures she delivered during her last years.
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.
At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in New Yorker history. In her gothic visions of small-town America, Jackson, the author of such masterworks as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, turns an ordinary world into a supernatural nightmare. This eclectic collection goes beyond her horror writing, revealing the full spectrum of her literary genius. In addition to Come Along with Me, Jackson's unfinished novel about the quirky inner life of a lonely widow, it features sixteen short stories and three lectures she delivered during her last years.
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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Meghan
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“I love u Shirley Jackson!!!! Short stories are not generally my thing but she is one of my fave authors of all time and I'd like to read all of her (readily available) works before I die. These were all interesting and delightful and slightly spooky. Def some of the most enjoyable short stories I've ever read. I still prefer her novels but only because I'm more of a novel guy.”
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JR Leon
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“Favorites:
Tootie in Peonage- a mother longs to fire the lazy and talkative girl she’s hired as a maid, but she can’t seem to get rid of her
The Beautiful Stranger- a woman is excited by the possibility that the man who has returned from her husband’s business trip is someone she’s never met who is pretending to be her husband
The Summer People- a man and wife decide to stay at their vacation home past Labor Day, but the locals don’t want them there
Island- a caretaker for an elderly woman has a wildly different experience of the day from her sundowning charge
Pajama Party- semi autobiographical account of Jackson’s daughter’s birthday slumber party
Louisa, Please Come Home- a young woman runs away from home. When she returns, her family doesn’t recognize her.
The Bus- an elderly woman takes a sleeping pill on a bus and ends up getting off at the wrong stop in an inhospitable town
The entire last portion of the book is perfection. The two stories (The Night We All Had Grippe and The Lottery) work exceedingly well with the essays to create a rewarding picture of Jackson’s creative process.”
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About Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her novels include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Sundial, and The Haunting of Hill House.
Laura Miller is a cofounder of Salon.com, where she is a senior writer. She is the editor of The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors and the introducer of the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House.
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