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Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Source: [Shirley Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson) on Wikipedia.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Synopsis
Eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood lives at the edge of a village with her gentle older sister Constance and their ailing uncle Julian, the three of them the only survivors of a poisoning that killed the rest of the family six years earlier. The villagers loathe and fear them; Merricat keeps the world at bay with private rituals and buried talismans. Their fragile, closed-off life holds until a cousin arrives with designs on the family fortune, and the careful order Merricat has built begins to crack.
Shirley Jackson's final novel is a small masterpiece of gothic unease — funny, sinister, and tender by turns — narrated by one of literature's most unforgettable and unreliable voices.
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Characters
Merricat BlackwoodProtagonist
Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood, the eighteen-year-old narrator who protects her sister and their isolated home through private rituals and superstition.
Constance BlackwoodSupporting
Merricat's gentle, agoraphobic older sister, acquitted of the family poisoning six years earlier.
Uncle JulianSupporting
The Blackwoods' ailing uncle, obsessed with recounting the night of the poisoning.
Mary Katherine BlackwoodSupporting
Julian BlackwoodSupporting
Tähtifantasia Award (2019)
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