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The Sundial

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  • 1958 first published
  • 243 pages
  • 10 editions
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The Sundial is a 1958 gothic fiction and horror novel by Shirley Jackson.

31 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

At about 243 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Sundial

When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared, and the family finds itself engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence as they prepare for a terrible new world.
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  • Fiction - General
  • Horror
  • American fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Gothic fiction, Literary genre, English

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Who wrote The Sundial?

The Sundial was written by Shirley Jackson and first published in 1958.

What genre is The Sundial?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Sundial?

The median edition has 243 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Sundial?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Turn of the Screw, The Masque of the Red Death and The Exorcist.

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