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| title = We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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| author = Shirley Jackson
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| genre = Gothic Mystery, Gothic Thriller
| publication date = September 21, 1962
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{{quote|''My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cap mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.''}}
A 1962 novel by Shirley Jackson, who is best known for her short story "[[The Lottery]]". '''''We Have Always Lived
Everything changes when, one day, their cousin shows up for a visit...
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Potentially justified, as Merricat likewise holds everyone (except for Constance) in contempt.
* Familiar: Merricat's cat, Jonas, has no supernatural powers but functions as one of these.▼
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: {{spoiler|Constance}} and, from a certain point of view, {{spoiler|Uncle Charles}}.
* [[Beware the Quiet Ones]]: {{spoiler|Merricat}}.
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Arsenic does not work that way.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Merricat {{spoiler|poisoned her entire family, save for her sister, because she was sent to bed without any supper}}.
▲* [[Familiar]]: Merricat's cat, Jonas, has no supernatural powers but functions as one of these.
* [[Gold Digger]]: Charles.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Constance.
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[[Category:The Sixties]]
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