We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance.



I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.



I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise, I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death cup mushroom.



Everyone else in my family is dead.



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 curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.





Unabridged

Narrated By: Bernadette Dunne

Duration: 5:32:57

Format: MP3

Bitrate: 128kbps