Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. The basis for the celebrated 1963 film, The Haunting. Moreover, few horror writers of the last 40 years have not been influenced either directly or indirectly by Hill House and Jackson" (Paula Guran). You'll find it near the top of every 'best of' genre list compiled by readers, academics, critics, and mavens alike. Both critically and popularly acclaimed, The Haunting of Hill House is, unquestionably, one of the finest horror novels ever written. "Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is worthy of every ounce of notice it receives. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone."įIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SHIRLEY JACKSON on the front free endpaper. "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
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