The Haunting of Hill House

A deluxe edition of the greatest haunted house story ever writtenΓÇöthe inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series! One of The AtlanticΓÇÖs Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years First published in 1959,Shirley JacksonΓÇÖs The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montaguean occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a ΓÇ£hauntingΓÇ¥; Theodorahis lighthearted assistant; Eleanora friendlessfragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Lukethe future heir of Hill House. At firsttheir stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powersΓÇöand soon it will choose one of them to make its own. For more than seventy yearsPenguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titlesPenguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authorsas well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.