- mystery, first-person narrative, Fiction, Literature
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret
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Intimate, contemplative, grave and bleak.
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne
- First published
- 1962
- Pages
- 187
- Publisher
- Pocket, Blackstone Audiobooks, Robinson
- Editions
- 39
- Language
- Italian, German, English, French
- ISBN
- 9781441734266
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“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood.”
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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