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The Bird's Nest
The Bird's Nest | Shirley Jackson
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Shirley Jackson's third novel, a chilling descent into multiple personalities Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mothers inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jacksons characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girlbut four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Birds Nest, Jacksons third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror masters most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Cazxxx
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Shirley Jackson can do no wrong in my eyes, love all her work!

dabbe I have to read THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE every Halloween: best ghost story ever written IMHO. 🖤🤍🖤 9mo
Cazxxx @dabbe it‘s a good one! My favourite is we have always lived in the castle, I‘ve reread that a good few times 😊 9mo
dabbe @Cazxxx Ooh, another great one. Merricat, right? And my favorite short story of hers: “The Lottery.“ 😱 9mo
Cazxxx @dabbe Yes that‘s the one, it‘s so good! Her short stories are also excellent. Like I said she can do no wrong in my eyes 😄 9mo
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vivastory
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Playing catchup on the photo challenge. The tagged is one of the least talked about Jackson novels, but remains a fave. Elizabeth Richmond, diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, seeks help from Dr. Wright who soon #mesmerizes her & attempts to suppress all of her personalities except for the one deemed most desirable by standards at the time.
#maycharacters
@eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
(Bonus rec of book where Dr hypnotizes for👇

Ruthiella Of Jackson‘s lesser known novels, I‘ve only read Hangsaman, which was great. I mean to read the others too. This “Disaster Woman Narrative” that appeals to me has some of its roots in her work, I think. 3y
vivastory @Ruthiella Yes, definitely. I still have a couple of her novels to read. Including one of her most famous 3y
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Eggs Great cover and beautifully done ✅ 3y
Cathythoughts I read & loved her short stories this year... stacking 👍🏻 3y
vivastory @Cathythoughts I think you'd like it. If you haven't read it yet I think you'd also really like 3y
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GatheringBooks
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#GratefulReads Day 19: This is definitely a case of #ClassicYouEnjoyed. Special shout out to #ScreamsByMail book club member @ephemeralwaltz for always choosing classic horror reads!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊📚🙌🏻 4y
BkClubCare I recently read this, too. 4y
OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚🖤 4y
veritysalter I loved this book. 4y
ephemeralwaltz Woohoo! 😍😍😍🔥 4y
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aeeklund
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While visiting my parents in their new town in CA, I discovered that they hadn‘t yet found a little bookstore to call their own. Well, I obviously had to fix that! (Tagged book is one I picked up while there. Because obviously I needed more things to pack. #noregrets )

Sace That looks like a perfect bookstore. I love it. 4y
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GatheringBooks
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#HorrorPostalBookClub #ScreamsByMail title heading out to you @kamoorephoto as selected by the fab @ephemeralwaltz

ephemeralwaltz You're fab 💁😱😱😘 5y
kamoorephoto @GatheringBooks The book has landed in Seattle!! 5y
GatheringBooks @kamoorephoto awesome! so glad to hear that. 🧚🏼‍♀️💕📚 5y
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GatheringBooks
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I must have spent more time asking my teenage daughter to take photos of me “reading” than actually reading!! 🤦🏽‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️💕📚 Missing Bali already.
#ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub

ephemeralwaltz I love this! 🤣 5y
batsy Fabulous pics, though 😆❤️ 5y
readingjedi Great photo! 5y
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Cathythoughts Looking beautiful as always ♥️👍🏻 5y
DivineDiana Your posts have been encouraging me to plan a trip to Bali! ❤️ 5y
hermyknee What a wonderful trip to take with your daughter! ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
BooknerdsLife That‘s so sweet of your daughter & she took great photos! 🤗💖 I love taking trip with mine too ☺️ 5y
Velvetfur Aaww I love this photo! Great colours, and you look gorgeous, and so happy 😁👍 5y
BookishTrish 😂 5y
Recommended4Reading What a great pic! 5y
CouronneDhiver Ha! Vacation problems 5y
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GatheringBooks
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Photo taken by my teenage daughter. One of my faves. @ephemeralwaltz I failed to finish reading this #screamsbymail title while in Bali. Too distracted. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣Hopefully while at the airport today? We shall see. 🤞🏼

Crazeedi Lovely photo! 5y
ephemeralwaltz GORGEOUS! 5y
RaimeyGallant Love this pic of you. 5y
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GatheringBooks
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#AMonthOfSongs Day 22: I am not #homesick for Singapore yet. Last three days in this gorgeous, magical place. Bali is 💕.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ 5y
kspenmoll So lovely! 5y
vivastory I loved this book. I just posted about it. 5y
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Jee_HookedOnBookz 💕💕Love Bali! 5y
BarbaraBB Lovely pic! And I love Bali too, where are you? 5y
Soubhiville It looks wonderful! Enjoy! 5y
GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i am in the northernmost part of Bali - in Seririt - far from the madding crowd, just the way we like it. 💕 5y
BarbaraBB That‘s the best indeed, far from the madding crowd 😀,Bali gets really crowded these days! 5y
OriginalCyn620 Beautiful! 💙💙💙 5y
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GatheringBooks
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Reading corner today.
#HorrorPostalBookClub #ScreamsByMail #WomenReadWomen2019.
Halfway through our vacation. 5th Day in Bali.

BookishTrish ❤️💜💙💚💙💜❤️ 5y
BookwormAHN Great pic 💙 5y
Leftcoastzen 👍Looks like you are having a horrible time!😂I hope to get there one day ,enjoy! 5y
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marleed I hope you are having the time of your life! 5y
Cathythoughts Beautiful pic 5y
kspenmoll Looks wonderful! You look so happy & relaxed! 5y
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GatheringBooks
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I am in the last few chapters of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and eager to begin my second book here in Bali for our #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub and #WomenReadWomen2019. Our private villa has an in-house chef who makes the most mouth-watering dishes. Truly delicious.

Kalalalatja 😍😍😍 5y
Reggie Living the good life!!! Nice! 5y
ephemeralwaltz Paradise! 5y
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Sungirl79 Wow that looks peaceful 😍 5y
Mandoul Wow 😎 enjoy! 5y
danibolahood So jealous!!! That looks amazing 5y
BooknerdsLife That looks delicious! 😋😋 5y
TheLudicReader What a beautiful place to be reading. 5y
kamoorephoto I loved Bali!! And I‘m now hungry... 5y
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GatheringBooks
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My #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub greeted me when I got back home from Bandung. @scripturient it is here! First homemade meal prepared by ze husband - salmon and baked cheesy potatoes for Saturday lunch.

mreads That looks delicious 5y
Soozee I‘m suddenly hungry. ☺️ 5y
batsy That looks absolutely yum! 5y
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scripturient
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I got my #horrorgoespostal book from @ephemeralwaltz today. Looking forward to reading it. :) And thank you so much for the beautiful Bartleby tote bag, Clara. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

ephemeralwaltz You're so very welcome! I knew you'd like it 😍 I couldn't resist getting the same one for me. 5y
CocoReads I haven‘t read that book in so long! Probably not since high school. Oddly enough, it was the only non religious book in my maternal grandma‘s house. Im pretty sure she never read it, I think it must have been left there by one of her kids-my birth Mom or possibly one of her siblings. 5y
scripturient @ephemeralwaltz We‘re tote-twins then. 😁 5y
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ephemeralwaltz
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Missing Christmas already! This was my last read of 2018. I picked it up for my #horrorpost bookclub, excited to read more of Jackson's fiction. However, I don't think this works well as a horror novel but it still is dark and mysterious and intriguing. An in-depth exploration of mental health and human relationships surrounding a young woman with multiple personality disorder. As always, Jackson's writing is just superb!

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ephemeralwaltz @scripturient I'll send this out to you next week, once I've finished filling in the journal! 😘😘 5y
BookishTrish Looking forward to it! 5y
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kamoorephoto @ephemeralwaltz Thank you for my card!!! It was a lovely surprise 😽I need to send my last book back to @Reggie and start my own book 😬💓🙌🏼 5y
danibolahood I'm looking forward to it! Also I forgot to take a picture but my book for round 2 is on its way to you! 5y
ephemeralwaltz @danibolahood yay!! Can't wait ⚡ 5y
ephemeralwaltz @kamoorephoto you're so welcome! 🎄 5y
GatheringBooks will be sending my pick to @kamoorephoto by 15th of this month. :) 🧚🏼‍♀️📚💕 5y
scripturient Yay!! I‘ll send mine out next week as well (it will have the new book and @GatheringBooks ‘s book in one package). 😃 5y
BookishTrish @ephemeralwaltz Your card arrived! It was such a nice surprise ❤️❤️😘 5y
ephemeralwaltz @BookishTrish you're welcome!! I'm sorry it came a bit too late 😂😋 5y
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broughtyoubooks
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I despised all the characters, the character changes of the chapters seemed poorly thought out and the story overall seemed to try and blend the horror story always imposed on DID with the 'medical' ramblings of the psych. And I get it was 1950s but I dont really know why Jackson bothered with most of the doctor's chapter.

ephemeralwaltz Agreed! He made me roll my eyes. I "love" that he addressed the reader as "sir," as only men would be capable of studying his medical journals. 5y
ephemeralwaltz Overall I enjoyed it! Jackson's writing is one to savour slowly. I was expecting more of an ending, though! 5y
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ephemeralwaltz
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Saturday night 🔥

CouronneDhiver 🙌🏽🙌🏽 5y
LeahBergen I just bought this book today! 👍🏻 5y
youneverarrived Great photo! 5y
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ephemeralwaltz @LeahBergen It's an interesting read so far! I love her writing 😋 5y
dogra One of my favorite writers. 5y
ephemeralwaltz @dogra that's great to hear. mine too! 5y
ju.ca.no thank you for your lovely card&candycane😍🤗🤗🤗 5y
ephemeralwaltz @ju.ca.no aww you're so welcome! I'm happy it got to you quickly!😘😘😘 Happy holidays 5y
ju.ca.no @ephemeralwaltz to you and your beloved ones too! I also sent something your way but I doubt it will arrive before holidays... 5y
ephemeralwaltz @ju.ca.no aw thank you so much! I'll be looking forward to it 🤗 5y
LadyCait84 I am a little in love with this fireplace situation... what a perfect backdrop for reading!! 5y
ephemeralwaltz @LadyCait84 it was the best! So cozy 🤗 5y
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ephemeralwaltz
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#31bookpics | Day 15 #BookClub

I decided on this as my next pick for my postal book club, #ScreamsByMail - we're doing a "Women In Horror" theme! I can't call myself a big Jackson fan until I dive into more of her work.

@howjessreads

GatheringBooks ooohlala!!! perfect!!! i have yet to receive the last book. so you are way ahead than me. 😂🧚🏼‍♀️📚😍 5y
ephemeralwaltz @GatheringBooks oh no, don't get me wrong! I'm still reading your pick and have yet to receive @scripturient's pick! But since everyone was choosing their round2 I thought I would too 😍😍 5y
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GatheringBooks @ephemeralwaltz nice!!! i ordered my pick for round 2 via book dep, and expecting it anytime soonest! i am stoked to be reading more shirley jackson!! 5y
scripturient Looks fab. :) @GatheringBooks I‘ll send out the last round on Saturday. 😊 5y
ephemeralwaltz @GatheringBooks yay!! I'm happy to hear that! @scripturient 😘😘😘 5y
GatheringBooks @scripturient absolutely no rush. please take your time. 🧚🏼‍♀️📚💕 5y
scripturient @GatheringBooks It‘s no rush. I already have it packed and ready to go. 😊 5y
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LeslieO
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Mini independent bookstore book haul. I couldn't resist The Italian Party. That cover! #talkingleavesbookstore #bookhaul

LeahBergen Ooo, I want to read The Bird‘s Nest! 👍🏻 6y
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vivastory
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Shirley Jackson's powerful novel of control & identity features Elizabeth Richmond, a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. She consults a psychiatrist, who begins manipulating her personalities in order to make one of her secondary & more appealing (according to him) personalities the dominant one. Identity integrity is the root of the fear #IAmaPoseur
#fiercefeb day 20
@batsy
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Ooooh, creepy/ disturbing 🙀 6y
Suet624 Yikes. 6y
batsy So intriguing and disturbing! And after Castle I need to read everything else she wrote 🖤 6y
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vivastory @batsy I've been making my way through all of her books 6y
Kalalalatja Creepy ✔️ disturbing ✔️ mental health related ✔️ Stacked ✔️ 6y
LeahBergen I need this one! 👍🏻 6y
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m.galehuxley
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Oh man, this is how I‘d like to spend all of my days. Simple moments like these make me excited to get married next week!

BookishMarginalia Congratulations! 6y
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parasolofdoom
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LOVED this. But now I only have one Shirley Jackson novel left that I haven't read yet 😭.

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LauraJ "Worse, they were confronted with a holocaust: 1,746 people dead." ? I don't like this game. 7y
parasolofdoom @LauraJ I think you got me beat for most ugh quote on this game! 7y
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vivastory
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Jackson's third novel addresses, among other subjects, the tenuous foundations of identity & gender expectations, with her signature creeping unease & black humor. Jackson improved with each publication & this is the finest of her first three books.

LauraBeth ❤️ this cover 7y
JenP Sounds great 7y
vivastory @JenP I'm doing a chronological read through of her work. Hope to finish by the end of the year. 7y
vivastory @LauraBeth Penguin had some great covers for the reissues 7y
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Jekyll-and-brandy personality

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hfpotier
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I found out about this from reading 'Let Me Tell You' . Checked to see if there was a DVD and found this. Can't wait to watch it.

respekt1111 That rocks! I read Let Me Tell You this year. Loved it! 7y
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kroeder
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20 pages in and loved it from the first page. Not surprising, since Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite authors. (I hope I'm using this correctly)

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