We Have Always Lived in the Castle

from vivycakes

Creepy, ominous, and a bit sad. Mary Katherine "Merricat" & Constance Blackwood are agoraphobic sisters who have been happy with their secluded life in their large home, isolated from the village. ...

from richardderus

The Book Report: A classic of American suspense literature, this is the story of the Blackwood family, told by Mary Katherine "Merricat", of her life with elder sister Constance and elderly uncle J...

from Kayla-Marie

"Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? No, said Merricat, you'll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!" This book was so...

from AlexTheHunn

Shirley Jackson, arguably one of the finest American writers of the mid-twentieth century, creates terror out of so very little. She takes the everyday, the ordinary and makes it creepy. This is th...

from clfisha

Cue lengthy but wonderful quote: My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been ...