- American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, horror
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Classical in form, bleak, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Shirley Jackson
- First published
- 1949
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, FSG Classics, Picador Modern Classics
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781429957847
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About Shirley Jackson · 1916–1965
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. **Source**: [Shirley Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson) on Wikipedia.
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