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The Haunting of Hill House

By: Shirley Jackson
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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Publisher's Summary

Now a hit Netflix miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton

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

Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.

This classic horror novel has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

©1959 Shirley Jackson; renewed 1987 by Laurence Hyman, Barry Hyman, Sarah Webster, and Joanne Schnurer (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews

“Makes your blood chill and your scalp prickle…Shirley Jackson is the master of the haunted tale.” ( New York Times Book Review)
“Now widely regarded as the greatest haunted-house story ever written.” ( Wall Street Journal)
“Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders.” (Dorothy Parker, Esquire)

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ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE NARRATOR AND STORY

This would have to be by far, the worst audible book I have ever had the unfortunate pleasure or reading.
From the start this book is terrible, but for some stupid reason I persisted with it hoping it would get better. WRONG.

The audible for starters has many glitches where it will just stop mid sentence go blank for 10-20 seconds and pick up on a completely different conversation or scene, leaving you confused and trying to work out what's happening.

The narrator is absolutely terrible, I think she should have retired 90years ago. She is by far the worst part of the book. It probably could have been partially bearable if it had a narrator suited to the story. I kept thinking I was listening to Blanche from the Golden Girls reading a children's story. Her male voices were laughable one male character sounded like Scrappy from Scooby Doo while the other I can't even describe how terrible his voice was. She completely ruined the book from the second she opened her mouth.

I painstakingly held on till the end hoping for something good to finally happen, but even that was terrible. It was a completely stupid ending and a complete waste of time.

This is 7hrs of my life I will never get back and hopefully can soon forget. Do yourself a favour and don't waste your time on this terrible audible book.

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Chilling

I'm not usually a big horror fan but this book had me captivated beginning to end. Jackson's picturesque descriptions with Dunne's expressive narration was incredible. The book owes a lot of its power to the fantastic characters. A classic.

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Scary?

Was told this was the pinnacle of horror stories. Given its age I can forgive some influence of nostalgia from other reviewers, but not every, nor entertaining. The reader was SUPERB.

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I dunno man

what. this this says I need 15 words but I really only have one. What.

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An enjoyable book

I enjoyed this book and if you have watched the tv show you will enjoy how they took the bones of the book and created an interesting take on the characters.

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Great listen, well written haunted house story.

This is a great story, in the tradition of classy horror. Reminds me of the classics of the genre like Turn of the Screw. Shirley Jackson was an incredible Australian writer who crafted effortless stories. Don’t be fooled by the Netflix version. It’s a pale ghost of a story beside the original book.

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good read

good book but not really that scary. great narration. it did make me like some of the characters more than when i originally started.

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cured my insom

I know this is a classic, but I found it classically boring. i tried to read it once with no luck.

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incredible

incredible story, masterful writing gives a real sense of paranoia. highly recommend this to anyone that loves a good ghost story

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The Haunting of Hill House

It was an interesting storyline. But I liked the movie better. Which is odd for me. I usually like the details and having to use my imagination when reading.

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