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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages

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"Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle 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."-- Provided by Amazon

Themes
Dark & BroodingMysteriousStrange & UnsettlingSlow BurnSanctuary of isolationRitual as survivalThe gaze of judgmentFractured domestic order
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