Come Along with Me Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel

by Jackson, Shirley; Miller, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780143107118
• ISBN10: 0143107119
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-02-26
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery" At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in New Yorkerhistory. In her gothic visions of small-town America, Jackson, the author of such masterworks as The Haunting of Hill Houseand We Have Always Lived in the Castle, turns an ordinary world into a supernatural nightmare. This eclectic collection goes beyond her horror writing, revealing the full spectrum of her literary genius. In addition to Come Along with Me, Jackson's unfinished novel about the quirky inner life of a lonely widow, it features sixteen short stories and three lectures she delivered during her last years.

Author Biography

Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her novels include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Sundial, and The Haunting of Hill House.

 

Laura Miller is a cofounder of Salon.com, where she is a senior writer. She is the editor of The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors and the introducer of the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House.