{"title":"Shirley Jackson","description":"Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) is a towering figure in twentieth-century gothic fiction. She is the author of many books and short stories, including The Haunting of Hill House, Hangsaman, Life Among the Savages, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and \"The Lottery,\" which is considered to be her masterpiece.","products":[{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-hill-house-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"The Haunting of Hill House: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003ehas been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. 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