The Haunting of Hill House (1959) - Shirley Jackson torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Paranormal, Thriller
Language: EnglishKeywords: Gothic Horror
Written by Shirley Jackson
Read by Bernadette Dunne
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
Release date: 10-04-10
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.
Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits….
This is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House. They are: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems to be nothing more than a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote such classic novels as We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Bird’s Nest, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery”. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Richard Matheson.
Younger generations who have become steeped in the occult and supernatural in the last 25 years or so where haunted houses have become a staple may not appreciate this little book but this was where it all began. There have been 2 film versions; The Haunting (1963) starring Julia Harris is the first and best.
Their is also another reading by David Warner. Two different approaches to the same book. Both good.
Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
Release date: 10-04-10
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits….

This is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House. They are: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems to be nothing more than a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own

Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote such classic novels as We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Bird’s Nest, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery”. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Richard Matheson.

Younger generations who have become steeped in the occult and supernatural in the last 25 years or so where haunted houses have become a staple may not appreciate this little book but this was where it all began. There have been 2 film versions; The Haunting (1963) starring Julia Harris is the first and best.

Their is also another reading by David Warner. Two different approaches to the same book. Both good.