Just an ordinary day
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-19652017
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'Just an Ordinary Day' began with the discovery of a cobweb-covered carton of files in a Vermont barn. In that box were lost, unpublished stories by the late Shirley Jackson, whose short story 'The Lottery' has become a classic and whose novel 'The Haunting of Hill House' has joined the works of Edgar Allan Poe as a perfect blend of art and terror. Edited by two of Shirley Jackson's children, these lost tales, along with other stories, form the first major collection of Jackson's work in thirty years. The fifty-four stories in this edition represent the great diversity of her work, from humour to shocking explorations of the human psyche.
Main title:
Just an ordinary day / Shirley Jackson ; edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman DeWitt.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2017.©1996
Collation:
xi, 475 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
A collection of new and previously unpublished stories.
Contents:
The smoking roomI don't kiss strangersSummer afternoonIndians live in tentsThe very hot sun in BermudaNightmareDinner for a gentlemanParty of boysJack the ripperThe honeymoon of Mrs. Smith (versions I and II)The sisterArch-criminalMrs. AndersonCome to the fairPortraitGnarly the king of the jungleThe good wifeDevil of a taleThe mouseMy grandmother and the world of catsMaybe it was the carLovers meetingMy recollections of S.B. FairchildDeck the hallsLord of the castleWhat a thoughtWhen Barry was sevenBefore autumnThe story we used to tellMy uncle in the gardenOn the houseLittle old lady in great needWhen things get darkWhistler's grandmotherFamily magicianThe wishing dimeAbout two nice peopleMrs. Melville makes a purchaseJourney with a ladyThe most wonderful thingThe friendsAlone in a den of cubsThe order of Charlotte's goingOne ordinary day, with peanutsThe missing girlThe omenThe very strange house next doorA great voice stilledAll she said was yesHomeI.O.U.The possibility of evil.
ISBN:
9780141983202 (pbk)9780141983202 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
BRN:
778731
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | JACK | Available |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | JACK | Available |