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Author of 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' (1962)
Author of 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' (1962)
Shirley Jackson
Narrator of the novel
Narrator of the novel
Merricat Blackwood (18, unreliable narrator)
Who actually murdered the Blackwood family
Who actually murdered the Blackwood family
Merricat, not Constance
How Merricat poisoned the family
How Merricat poisoned the family
Arsenic in sugar bowl (Constance never took sugar)
Cousin Charles's motivation for visiting
Cousin Charles's motivation for visiting
Access to Blackwood family fortune
What started the fire in the house
What started the fire in the house
Merricat pushed Charles's lit pipe into wastebasket
Uncle Julian's fate during the fire
Uncle Julian's fate during the fire
Died from smoke inhalation
Villagers' response to the fire
Villagers' response to the fire
'Let it burn' - mob violence and looting
The novel's plot structure type
The novel's plot structure type
Static circular structure
Genre classification of the novel
Genre classification of the novel
Domestic Gothic