The Haunting of Hill House has 51,622 ratings and 3,997 reviews. Stephen said: Shirley Jackson, you saucy little devil, where have you been all my life?. In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. In the bed of the river there were. Struggling with the ending of The Haunting of Hill House? Don’t worry, we’re here to tell you what’s up with it. August 10, 1965 OBITUARY Shirley Jackson, Author of Horror Classic, Dies Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt., Aug. 9--Shirley Jackson, the short. In the oft-cited opening paragraph of The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson writes: Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness. Buy The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Modern Classics) by Shirley Jackson (ISBN: 9780141191447) from Amazon's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders. Essay on Shirley Jackson and her novel, The Haunting of Hill House. Novels. The Road Through the Wall (1948) Hangsaman (1951) The Bird's Nest (1954) The Sundial (1958) The Haunting of Hill House (1959) We Have Always Lived in the. Patton Oswalt's Blog: 31 HORROR STORIES -- The opening paragraph of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (1959) Shirley Jackson's The Lottery is a memorable and terrifying masterpiece, fueled by a tension that creeps up on you slowly without any clear indication of why.