''Come Along with Me'' is a

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collection of works by

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writer

Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and mor ...

. It contains the incomplete titular novel, on which Jackson was working at the time of her death, three lectures delivered by Jackson, and sixteen

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, mostly in the gothic genre, including Jackson's best known work, "

The Lottery "The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in ''The New Yorker'' on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is int ...

". The collection was published by Jackson's husband,

Stanley Edgar Hyman Stanley Edgar Hyman (June 11, 1919 – July 29, 1970) was an American literary critic who wrote primarily about critical methods: the distinct strategies critics use in approaching literary texts. He was the husband of writer Shirley Jackson. L ...

, in 1968, three years after Jackson's death, and includes a preface by him. It was listed by ''

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'' among the best fiction of 1968. In 2013, ''Come Along with Me'' was reprinted by

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. As of 2015, ''Come Along with Me'' was featured in the collections of more than 1,000 libraries.

Summary

The incomplete titular novel, ''Come Along with Me'', centres on the inner life of a cheerful middle-aged widow who calls herself Angela Motorman.''DarkEcho/HorrorOnline'': Shirley Jackson & The Haunting of Hill House
. July 1999 By Paula Guran After the death of her husband, Hughie, Angela sells her house and personal belongings in order to move to a strange city, where she sets up a business as a

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in her new

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. It is written in a more light-hearted style than many of Jackson's other works.

* ''Come Along with Me'' * "Janice" * "Tootie in Peonage" * "A Cauliflower in Her Hair" * "I Know Who I Love" * "The Beautiful Stranger" * "The Summer People" * "Island" * "A Visit" * "The Rock" * "A Day in the Jungle" * "Pajama Party" * "Louisa, Please Come Home" * "The Little House" * "The Bus" * Experience and Fiction * "The Night We All had Grippe" * Biography of a Story * "

" * Notes for a Young Writer

Adaptations

Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American retired actress. She made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex women with a characteristic nuance and depth of character. ...

directed an adaptation of the novel ''Come Along with Me'' as an episode of the

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'' in 1982, with a cast led by

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and

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. The episode originally aired on February 16, 1982.

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Shirley Jackson
''Tabula Rasa'' * ''Come Along With Me'' full ''American Playhouse'' episode on the Internet Archive {{Shirley Jackson 1968 books Books adapted into films Books published posthumously Works by Shirley Jackson Viking Press books

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