Extended Reading
  • Catharine 2022-06-08 14:45:50

    Shirley Jackson and "The Hanged"

    Who is Shirley Jackson

    Shirley Jackson

    Shirley Jackson, domestic readers probably don't know it well, and it seems that not many books have been translated. She is a well-known American thriller novelist, who has influenced a large number of people including Stephen King. But just as Hitchcock's...

  • Rosalia 2022-06-08 21:05:21

    Every girl can be'Paula'

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    Abandoning the traditional biographical film formula, "Shirley" draws more creative focus from the plot to the image style and sound effect design. This is not a biographical film solely belonging to Jackson Shirley, but a film about Shirley and her novels-from...

Shirley quotes

  • Shirley Jackson: [about her husband] Well, he is an expert at finding a willing pair of legs to open wide.

  • Stanley Hyman: [about Paula] She's a nothing... Who is she to you?

    Shirley Jackson: There are dozens and dozens of girls like this littering campuses across the country. Lonely girls who cannot make the world see them... Do not tell me I do not know this girl... Don't you dare!