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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780143039976
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Page: 160

The first of my Dad's Puritan ancestors came over in 1635 and is buried in Watertown, MA. Not only is it a fast read, I just couldn't put it down. We Have Always Lived in the Castle has a very straightforward plot and the "twist" is fairly predictable, being narrated the way it is, but because it's narrated the way it is, the plot is not the most important thing. But alas, all things must come to an end, and what an interesting end We Have Always Lived in the Castle has come to. Did anyone find the ending anti-climatic? I live within 40 miles of the graves of 9 generations of my paternal line. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a great book and now that I've read it I can see why it's considered a modern classic. A Genealogy and Family History Diary. The day after I began Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, I finished it. It was weird and creepy and the further along I read the more disturbing it got. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is set in 1960s New England, although it could almost be transplanted to early 20th century England (or even earlier). I was entranced from this opening line of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and was immediately immersed in the mystery and suspense.