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JACKSON SHIRLEY WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark
secret  with an afterword by Jonathan Lethem.  A Penguin Vitae Edition  Merricat Blackwood
lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there
were seven Blackwoods-until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one
terrible night. Acquitted of the murders  Constance has returned home  where Merricat protects
her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation
until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger  and she must act swiftly to
keep Constance from his grasp.  Penguin Classics presents Penguin Vitae  loosely translated as
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fiction and nonfiction that has shaped the course of our readers' lives. Penguin Vitae invites
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