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Life Among the Savages is a collection of short stories edited into novel form, written by Shirley Jackson. Originally these stories were published individually in women's magazines such as Good Housekeeping , Woman's Day , Mademoiselle , and others.
- Shirley Jackson
- 1953
Aug 23, 2022 · life among the savages. by. shirley jackson. Publication date. 1953. Publisher. scholastic book services. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Oct 10, 2011 · Life among the savages by Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965; Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
8,317 ratings1,254 reviews. Shirley Jackson, author of the classic short story "The Lottery", was known for her terse, haunting prose. But the writer possessed another side, one which is delightfully exposed in this hilariously charming memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont.
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May 5, 2015 · This is the beginning of the curiously powerful--and stealth-assault funny--LIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES (1952), memoirs of a Mommy, a Daddy, and a powerhouse-ful of children who give up post-World War II's overcrowded Manhattan housing market for roomier digs in a remote Vermont town.
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- Shirley Jackson
But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family’s life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction.
In a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children. In her celebrated...
