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The Shining

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An edition of The Shining (1977)

The Shining

1st Anchor Books trade paperback edition (10)

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  • 133 Currently reading
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Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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Fiction, horror fiction, demonology, precognition, authors, hotelkeepers, gothic & horror, paranormal fiction suspense & thriller, horror, supernatural thrillers, ghost fiction, horror tales, haunted houses, backstories, property, caretakers, cabin fever, alcoholism, plays, psychics, telepathy, clairvoyance, ghosts, topiary, roque, Fiction, occult & supernatural, Fiction, horror, Torrance, jack (fictitious character), fiction, Colorado, fiction, American literature, Families, Large type books, Family, nyt:e-book-fiction=2013-10-13, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, psychological, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Hotels, Occultism, Paranormal fiction, Extrasensory perception
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Jack Torrance, Danny Torrance, Casey, Chug-Chug, Dick, Jane, Jim, McTeague, Pepys, Winnie-the-Pooh, Wendy's mother, Aileen, Andy, Brent, Darla, Elaine, Jana, Lloyd, Mike, Roger, Sally, Tom, Tommy, Tony, Mr. Aaronson, Mrs. Aaronson, Scott Aaronson, Astor, Johan Sebastian Bach, Baedecker, Bartok, Charles Battaglia, Sister Beatrice, Gary Benson, Victor T. Boorman, Boston Strangler, Dick Bows, Braddock, Josh Brannigan, Mrs. Brant, Bruckner, Truman Capote, Neville Chamberlain, Eddie Cochran, Rodney Conklin, Howard Cottrell, Mr. Crommert, Paul DeLong, Denker, Horace M. Derwent, Sylvia Hunter Derwent, E.L. Doctrow, Donner Party, Dupont, Larry Durkin, Bill Edmonds, Harry Effinger, David Felton, Henry Finkel, Henry Ford, Clarke Gable, Sir Galahad, Vittorio Gienelli, Delbert A. Grady, Grimmer, Charles Grondin, John Gunther, Mr. Hall, Hallorann, Carl Hallorann, Dick Hallorann, Mrs. Hallorann, President Harding, Warren G. Harding, Jean Harlow, Brian Hatfield, George Hatfield, Wally Hollis, Archer Houghton, Sylvia Hunter, Shirley Jackson, Robert T. Leffing, Abraham Lincoln, Carole Lombard, Longfellow, Roger Macassi, Mr. Massey, Mrs. Massey, Frank Masterson, McIver, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Benjamin Moore, Jack Morgan, Margery Morris, Mr. Nevers, Richard Nixon, Robert Norman, Sean Phyllis Sandler O'Casey, Eugene O'Neil, Charles Olson, Pillsbury Dough-Boy, Mr. Porsky, Carl Prashkin, Queems, Robert Redford, Nelson Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nolan Ryan, Phyllis Sandler, Richard Scarne, Frank Scoffy, Albert Shockley, Corbat Stani, Tom Staunton, Robin Stenger, Vic Stenger, Miss Strong, Becky Torrance, Brett Torrance, Daniel Anthony Torrance, John Daniel Torrance, Mark Anthony Torrance, Mike Torrance, Winnifred Torrance, Mr. Trent, Zack Tunney, Stuart Ullman, Vanderbilt, Carlton Vecker, Delores Vickery, VW Family, Horace Walpole, Watson, Boyd Watson, Mr. Watson, Mrs. Watson, Robert Townley Watson, Woodrow Wilson, Darryl F. Zanuck, Peter Zeiss
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Overlook Hotel, Colorado Rockies, Florida, Maine

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The Shining
2013-08, Anchor Books
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Shining
Nov 01, 2011, Hodder & Stoughton, imusti
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The Shining
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June 2001, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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The Shining
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The Shining
1990, Doubleday
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The Shining
1981-12, New English Library
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1978-01, New American Library
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The Shining
1978-01, New American Library
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The Shining
1977, New English Library
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1977, Doubleday
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Copyright Date
2013

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Dewey Decimal Class
813./5/4
Library of Congress
PZ4.K5227 Sh PS3561.I483, PS3561.I483 S5 2013, PS3561.I483S5 2013

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
659,13p.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25430838M
ISBN 10
0345806786
ISBN 13
9780345806789
LCCN
76024212, 2014498740
OCLC/WorldCat
1107283796
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0345806786
Goodreads
17288636

Work Description

The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller; its success firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his struggle with alcoholism. The book was followed by a sequel, Doctor Sleep, published in 2013.

The Shining centers on the life of Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. His family accompanies him on this job, including his young son Danny Torrance, who possesses "the shining", an array of psychic abilities that allow Danny to see the hotel's horrific past. Soon, after a winter storm leaves them snowbound, the supernatural forces inhabiting the hotel influence Jack's sanity, leaving his wife and son in incredible danger.


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Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.
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