That is, until a cousin, Charles ... of Jackson’s disquieting classic. 1. We Have Always Lived in the Castle was inspired by the unsolved poisoning death of an English lawyer. 2. Shirley ...

Among all the charming stories in Shirley Jackson’s two charming ... like the Talmud is about a boy called Charles. Charles is a classmate of Jackson’s son Laurie, who at this point very ...