The Folio Society has released a special edition and limited edition version of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle. With an afterword by Donna Tartt written exclusively for this illustrated Folio Society edition.
ABOUT WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE
‘Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me.’ Deeply unsettling, subversive and wickedly funny, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is widely regarded as Shirley Jackson’s masterpiece – a dark gem in a career of sinister treasures. Artist Angie Hoffmeister worked on The Haunting of Hill House and has returned to create a volume rich with atmosphere and ominous imagery, including an illustrated slipcase and a binding that introduces us to the Blackwood daughters. Legendary author Donna Tartt, one of the modern masters of American Gothic literature, has written an illuminating afterword exclusively for this edition, examining how Jackson’s empathy for outsiders and eccentric domestic life were the crucible for her remarkable works.
CONTRIBUTORS
Written by Shirley Jackson
Illustrated by Angie Hoffmeister
Afterword by Donna Tartt
LIMITED EDITION (£250)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is also available as a limited edition (500 copies) and is signed by the artist Angie Hoffmeister and legendary author Donna Tartt, who has written an illuminating afterword for Shirley Jackson’s dark masterpiece. Presented in a spectacular illustrated clamshell box and accompanied by a stunning art print, this unforgettable tale of poison, secrets and domestic witchcraft also features seven colour illustrations, a striking binding design and illustrated endpapers. As delicious and as deadly as a bowl of arsenic-laced blackberries, there is no finer edition of the book Joyce Carol Oates called a ‘masterpiece of Gothic suspense’.
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