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Aunt Elizabeth looked down the corridor before following Ben into her room which faced, beyond a large and dying elm, the vast field sloping away from the front of the house. There was a huge fourposter and a silk-covered chaise in the room, a fanback Windsor, and several early Primitives on the walls which delighted Aunt Elizabeth as much as the ancient gas heater in a corner of the room.
— Nov 27, 2019 06:31AM
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The grounds were hemispherical, within the line of beach and the great curve of woods. They found the remnants of a tennis court, and much more interesting, an old cemetery with tilting nameless tombstones, way off to the west, beyond a grove of trees.
— Dec 04, 2019 04:01AM
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The house, especially in the color prints, gleamed-pure white against the lawn and the bay beyond; the rails and balustrades were whole, the windows unbroken; nothing seemed patched or faded or crumbling. The trees shading the house were full and there were beautifully sculpted hedges. It was exactly the way it should have been, and obviously was-at some time. Overwhelming.
— Nov 18, 2019 04:20AM
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Before I get started, I should note that this was one of the primary influences for Stephen King's 'The Shining', along with Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death'. I read a non-fiction book on the horror genre, which was full of reviews written by authors on a select book in the horror genre of their choice, and Stephen King chose to write about this one.
— Nov 15, 2019 02:02AM
