The quiet, isolated life of the Blackwoods--eighteen-year-old Merricat; her older sister, Constance, who may have poisoned their parents six years ago; and their wheelchair-bound uncle--is disrupted by the arrival of a cousin pursuing the family fortune.
year: 2006, 1984, 1962, 1990
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family, fiction, cousins, wealth, family life, social isolation, inheritance and succession, poisoning, loneliness, jackson, shirley, families
Editions
Jackson, Shirley
Penguin Books (2006)
The quiet, isolated life of the Blackwoods--eighteen-year-old Merricat; her older sister, Constance, who may have poisoned their parents six years ago; and their wheelchair-bound uncle--is disrupted by the arrival of a cousin pursuing the family fortune.
Schools: 12
Jackson, Shirley
Penguin Books (1984)
Merricat Blackwood protects her sister, Constance, from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers after murders occur on the family estate.
Schools: 5
Jackson, Shirley
Popular Library (1962)
Schools: 5
Jackson, Shirley
Buccaneer (1990)
Merricat Blackwood protects her sister, Constance, from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers after murders occur on the family estate.
Schools: 0
Jackson, Shirley
A novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murdeous family and the struggle that ensues when outside forces disrupt their delicate way of life. Shirley Jackson's final book is at once whimsical and harrowing.
Schools: 2
Jackson, Shirley
Schools: 1