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The Bird's NestNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1954
Psychological horror, about madness.
“The plot concerns a young woman, Elizabeth Richmond, with multiple personality disorder.”
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SurfacingNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1972
About grief and loss and coming of age, set in countryside & village.
“Surfacing has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.”
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We Have Always Lived in the CastleNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1962
Gothic, about madness and loneliness.
“A young woman lives with her older sister and sickly uncle in their old family house, after a mysterious tragedy turns the townsfolk against them.”
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PeaceNovel
Gene Wolfestandalone novel1975
Ghost stories, set in small town.
Snow in SummerNovel
Jane Yolenstandalone novel2011
Historical fantasy, about coming of age.
“Recasts the tale of Snow White, setting it in West Virginia in the 1940s with a stepmother who is a snake-handler.”
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HangsamanNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1951
Gothic and psychological horror, about madness and coming of age.
“The second of Jackson's published novels, Hangsaman is a bildungsroman centering on lonely college freshman Natalie Waite, who descends into madness after enrolling in a liberal arts college.”
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