Chapter 2 of the Book in Question

When: 08/09/2024 12:00 am
We Start:

Example “As the opening chapter unfolds, we meet Hill House—described with hauntingly cold precision. Shirley Jackson’s prose immediately makes you feel uneasy, as though the house itself is watching, waiting.” woot

Summing It Up:

Example “Hill House is introduced as the primary character—a place where nothing good can happen. The narrative sets a chilly, ominous tone right away. Eleanor, a lonely, emotionally vulnerable woman, is drawn to this place, but we already sense it will prey on her weaknesses.”

Quote:

Example “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”

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