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"I am tired of writing dainty little biographical things that pretend that I am a trim little housewife ... I live in a dank old place with a ghost' The dark, unsettling writings of Shirley Jackson have established her as one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. This volume of recently discovered and uncollected works brings together her candid, acerbically funny essays, lectures and articles with a treasure trove of short stories, each a miniature masterwork of unease."