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Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.
The Road through the Wall is the exception as there is no central character, rather a quickly changing kaleidoscope of characters inhabiting Pepper Street, average American suburbia, where propriety is always maintained but a constant undercurrent of malice and dissatisfaction is detectable, in Jackson's distinctly misanthropic view.
- Shirley Jackson
First impressions: The Road Through The Wall begins with a paragraph which is, in its own way, equal to the celebrated openings to Hill House and We Have Always Lived In The Castle: "The weather falls more gently on some places than on others, the world looks down more paternally on some people. Some spots are proverbially warm, and keep ...
- Paperback
- Shirley Jackson
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The novel describes the way in which a hole being torn through the wall that has long cut off the end of the street disrupts life in the community. Plot and story summary for The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson. The novel relates life on Pepper Street, a suburban, middle-class neighborhood in Cabrillo, California.
18 de sept. de 2020 · import existing book. December 14, 2009. Edited by WorkBot. link works. April 1, 2008. Created by an anonymous user. Imported from Scriblio MARC record . The road through the wall by Shirley Jackson, Ruth Franklin, 1948, Farrar, Straus edition, in English.
The Road through the Wall is the exception as there is no central character, rather a quickly changing kaleidoscope of characters inhabiting Pepper Street, average American suburbia, where propriety is always maintained but a constant undercurrent of malice and dissatisfaction is detectable, in Jackson's distinctly misanthropic view.
- Paperback
- Shirley Jackson
