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The haunting of Hill House

Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventur...

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Main Author: Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.
Corporate Authors: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Other Authors: Dunne, Bernadette.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., Â2010.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Haunted houses > Fiction.
Ghosts > Fiction.
Supernatural > Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Horror fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.
Item Description: Compact disc.
"Tracks Every 3 Minutes for Easy Bookmarking"--Container.
Physical Description: 6 audio discs (approximately 7 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 07:30:00
ISBN: 9781441780829
1441780823
9781441780812
1441780815
Author Notes: Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December, 14, 1919. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1940. Much of her writing was done during the years she was raising her children. She is best-known for the short story The Lottery, which was first published in 1948 and adapted for television in 1952 and into play form in 1953.

Her published works include articles, nonfiction prose, plays, poetry, seven novels, and fifty-five short stories. Her other works include Life among the Savages, Raising Demons, The Haunting of Hill House, which was adapted to film, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She died on August 8, 1965 at the age of 45.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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