![]() ![]() Montague, a doctor of philosophy with a keen interest in the supernatural and psychic manifestations had been looking for a ‘haunted’ house to investigate all his life. It’s more of a psychological study than a horror story and as such I don’t think it’s as good or as terrifying as her later book, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.ĭr. ![]() ![]() Instead it is macabre and has a chilling atmosphere. This is a horror story, but thank goodness there is no gore. But Hill House is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. (Goodreads) At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting” Theodora, the lighthearted assistant Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. I read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson at the end of September and it is one of the books that’s in my ‘to be reviewed pile’, which is getting far too big, as I keep reading book after book without writing about them! ![]()
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