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Horror · 1959 · R

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.

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Violence

Barely any

Mild

Language

None

None

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild

Substance Use

Barely any

Mild

Emotional Intensity

Very heavy

Extreme

What this book is about

Four people gather in a notoriously haunted house to study the supernatural, but one of them begins to lose her grip on reality in Jackson's masterwork of psychological horror.

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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Psychological breakdown of protagonist

Ambiguous supernatural horror

Deeply unsettling atmosphere throughout

Tragic ending

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