We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson tells the story of two sisters, Mary Katherine “Merricat” and Constance Blackwood, who live in isolation with their ailing Uncle Julian following a family tragedy. The townspeople shun the Blackwoods, but the sisters’ secluded life is disrupted when a cousin, Charles, arrives with an eye on their fortune. As Merricat’s protective rituals and the tension between characters unfold, the novel masterfully weaves themes of madness, family secrets, and societal alienation with an eerie, Gothic atmosphere.
List of We Have Always Lived in the Castle Books
We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
1962 |