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Shirley Jackson Research Paper

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Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916. She spent most of her childhood in at the city of Burlingame, California. This is where she began to write many short stories. She went off to finish her studies at the University of Rochester. Shirley lasted a year in college and decided to leave and continue her writing at home. She produced two best known short stories that were The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which both have been asked to be part of the big screen. The author died on August 8, 1965. Miss Jackson wrote stories in an un common mental process and very dark. She wrote them mostly on a family life. Shirley Jackson wrote in two styles. She would perfectly explain the thrill and

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