We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Resumen del libro

Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiousity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.

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Biografía del autor

Estudió en la Universidad de Syracuse. En 1948 aparecieron su primera novela, The Road Through the Wall, y el cuento La lotería , ya convertido en un clásico. En 1962 publicó Siempre hemos vivido en el castillo, considerada por la revista Time como una de las diez mejores novelas de ese año.