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18 de jul. de 2015 · I knew there was a reason that Shirley Jackson Reading Week included the 18th – because I have only just got around to finishing my choice (thanks to two book group books read earlier in the week): I read the only Shirley Jackson novel I hadn’t previously got around to, which is also her first novel, The Road Through The Wall (1948).
25 de jun. de 2013 · 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.
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25 de jun. de 2013 · The Road Through the Wall. The compelling novel that began Shirley Jackson's legendary career Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked down the wall at the end ...
Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco in 1916. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was published in 1948. Her novels--which include The Sundial, The Bird's Nest, Hangsaman, The Road through the Wall, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House--are characterized by her use ...
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14 de may. de 2021 · The Road Through the Wall was Shirley Jackson ’s first novel (1948). That was also the year when her short story, “ The Lottery ,” was published, making her instantly famous (as well as infamous). This plot summary and analysis of The Road Through the Wall focuses on its young heroine, Harriet Merriam. Jackson claimed that the novel was ...
30 de nov. de 2018 · THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL by Shirley Jackson 4/5 Set in Cabrillo, a fictional suburb in San Francisco, Shirley Jakcson's THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL is a superb first novel that transforms a seemingly peaceful neighborhood into the ugly manifestation of cruel human nature. Taking place during the summer of 1936, just as the children…
