Title: Come Along With Me
Author: Shirley Jackson
Published Year: 1948
Pages: 243
Shirley Jackson is most well known for her book The Haunting of Hill House, which has been turned into film in two different formats. When I was in high school I saw the remake of the original and instantly fell in love with the story. Of course being the curious person that I am, I wanted more information and found the original film that was based on her book. Then continuing my thirst for information on the now found book and I read the book and became interested in Jackson's work as well. I have read other works of hers and she is not one to disappoint.
This particular work is not just one story. It contains the book that she was working on at the time of her death and also includes several short stories and a few lectures that she wrote and performed. The times are a little different than present day and most of the works were written during the 1940s. One thing I absolutely love about Jackson is the fact that she is not afraid to go down any path. At a time when women authors were not known to go outside the romance genre, she was writing about small town America in a gothic sense. She is able to take normal everyday things and turn them into mysterious circumstances. Not all of her works do this, and that is why this particular collection is so intriguing. This collection showcases the different methods of writing she was capable of and how she can reach out to all kinds of readers.
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