We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is Shirley Jackson's last novel, first published by Viking Press in New York on 21 September 1962. Merricat Blackwood lives with her sister and uncle in a house shunned by the village after most of their family died of arsenic poisoning.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Viking, 1962
- First published
- Viking Press, New York, 1962
The first edition of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson was published in New York by Viking in 1962. We track 2 editions.
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Adaptations
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle film, 2018
In print
- Editions recorded
- 39 on Open Library, 21 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 9 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of We Have Always Lived in the Castle?
The first edition of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson was published in New York by Viking in 1962.
How many editions of We Have Always Lived in the Castle are there?
We track 2 editions of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has We Have Always Lived in the Castle been adapted?
Yes, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle (film, 2018), according to Wikidata.
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