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Gothic FictionHorror

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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  • 1962 first published
  • 187 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (62 ratings)
  • 39 editions
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Shirley Jackson and Bernadette Dunne's We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) is a gothic fiction and horror novel. Characters include Merricat Blackwood, Constance Blackwood and Charles Blackwood. It deals with first-person narrative, sisters, murder and Investigation.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 62 ratings, and 466 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 39 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 187 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

  • Merricat Blackwood
  • Constance Blackwood
  • Charles Blackwood
  • Julian Blackwood

Subjects

  • Mystery
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Psychological fiction
  • Sisters
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Social isolation
  • Gothic novels
  • Psychological
  • American fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Horror
  • Gothic
  • Horror tales
  • Teenagers
  • Castles

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote We Have Always Lived in the Castle?

We Have Always Lived in the Castle was written by Shirley Jackson and Bernadette Dunne and first published in 1962.

What genre is We Have Always Lived in the Castle?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is We Have Always Lived in the Castle?

The median edition has 187 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to We Have Always Lived in the Castle?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes, The Masque of the Red Death and The Tell-Tale Heart.

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