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Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer


Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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    A Paperback by Shirley Jackson

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/06/2024
      ISBN13: 9780241685044, 978-0241685044
      ISBN10: 241685044
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer


      Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

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