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Night Journey

  • 1996 first published
  • 90 pages
  • 13 editions

Stephen King's Night Journey (1996) is a horror novella. The story is set in E Block, in 1932. It features Hal Moores, Melinda Moores and Paul Edgecombe. Key subjects include Penitentiary, death row, prisons and death row inmates.

26 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions across 4 languages.

At about 90 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.

About Night Journey

[The Green Mile](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81629W/The_Green_Mile) #5 Prison Warden Hal Moores and his wife Melinda have also been Paul and Janice Edgecombe's friends. When Paul learns that Melinda has a brain tumor, he decides to help but knows that the warden would never allow John Coffey to leave the prison and, obviously, Melinda could not go there. He and the other guards from E Block take on a dangerous plan to spirit Coffey out during the night risking their jobs--not something to take lightly in 1932--and possibly their lives.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • E Block

Era

  • 1932

Characters

  • Hal Moores
  • Melinda Moores
  • Paul Edgecombe
  • Janice Edgecombe
  • John Coffey
  • H. G. Wells

Subjects

  • American horror tales
  • Penitentiary
  • Death row
  • Horror fiction
  • Prisons
  • Death row inmates
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Horror
  • Georgia
  • Coffey, john

Quick answers

Who wrote Night Journey?

Night Journey was written by Stephen King and first published in 1996.

What genre is Night Journey?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Night Journey?

The median edition has 90 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Night Journey?

Readers who like it often enjoy House of Leaves, Coraline and City of Bones.

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