We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Author(s):

Shirley Jackson

First Pub:

1966

Genre(s):

Mystery

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

10 chapters

Internal ID:

3005

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Pascal Covici

First Sentence:

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"Oh, Constance," I said, "we are so happy."

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Learned the word "rarebit" from this book. Welsh rabbit (melted and often seasoned cheese poured over toast or crackers).

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Added: 04-Mar-2022

Last Updated: 15-Mar-2022

Publications

22-Mar-2010

Blackstone Audio, Inc

Audiobook

Date Issued:

22-Mar-2010

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$7.99

Length:

5 hrs 32 min (178 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 14 Mar 2022 - 15 Mar 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2398

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio, Inc

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

From audible.com:

Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and 18-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. But one day a stranger arrives—cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune—and manages to penetrate into their carefully shielded lives. Unable to drive him away by either polite or occult means, Merricat adopts more desperate methods, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the revelation of a terrible secret.

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Author(s)

Shirley Jackson
Birth: 14 Dec 1916 San Francisco, California, USA
Death: 08 Aug 1965 North Bennington, Vermont, USA.

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
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Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.