Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.
Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241590539
Number of pages: 240
Dimensions: 168 x 119 x 23 mm
Weight: 239 g
Language: English
An amazing writer ... if you haven't read any of her short stories ... you have missed out on something marvellous - Neil Gaiman
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable - A. M. Homes
Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers...whose work exerts an enduring spell - Joyce Carol Oates
The Long Shoe
The Housemaid
The Correspondent
The Things We Never Say
Yesteryear
The Wedding People
When the Cranes Fly South
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
The Divorce
Taiwan Travelogue
By Your Side
Heart the Lover
We All Live Here
Wild Dark Shore
The Eights
As a huge fan of Jackson, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this clothbound classic.
It is an absolutely stunning little book, filled with Jackson's best unsettling short stories. The perfect book for a...
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All of the stories in this collection are gorgeous! Having previously read The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I was thrilled to get my hands on this gorgeous Little Clothbound edition... More
I first encountered Shirley Jackson when we studied The Lottery as part of a writing class, and I immediately fell in love with her writing. Understated but brutal; deceptively simple and creepy and always compelling.... More
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