Let Me Tell You

Name: Let Me Tell You
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780241198209
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By Shirley Jackson

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson is a captivating collection of unpublished and previously uncollected short stories, essays, and other writings. The book offers a glimpse into Jackson's intriguing exploration of human nature, featuring tales that blend psychological insight with elements of the eerie and the everyday. This collection reveals her storytelling prowess and provides a fascinating insight into her creative mind.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate an eclectic mix of essays, stories, and musings that showcase a master storyteller's wit and psychological insight. This collection offers glimpses into the author's creative process and provides a rich tapestry of themes that range from the familiar to the unexpected, perfect for readers who enjoy exploring the nuances of the human experience.

Let Me Tell You

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From the peerless author of The Lottery, a spectacular new volume of unpublished and newly discovered stories, essays, letters and drawings.

Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for with frank and inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays she wrote about her large, rowdy family; and revelatory personal letters and drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic – dinner parties, children's games and neighbourly gossip – but one that is continually threatened and subverted in her unsettling, inimitable prose.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Let Me Tell You is a compelling collection that showcases Shirley Jackson's unpublished short fiction and occasional writings. The book has been praised for its diverse range, from sketches and anecdotes to unsettling tales, with "Paranoia" particularly noted for its lasting impact. Critics highlight Jackson's skill in exploring darker themes, reinforcing her reputation as a master of unsettling literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241198209

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 August 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 323g

Pages: 448

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics Shirley Jackson

About the Author

Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by 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. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965.