false 76585085 56479 89717 0143039989 9780143039983 381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163490m/89717.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163490s/89717.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89717.The_Haunting_of_Hill_House 3.87 2696 The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.]]> 13388 3.97 10810 1387 1959 3 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:59:20 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:04:46 -0800 2009
I'd seen the movie, and I knew the basic story, but this was the first time I'd read the book. There are serious problems with i...more...]]>