''Come Along with Me'' is a posthumous collection of works by

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

writer

Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two me ...

. It contains the incomplete titular novel, on which Jackson was working at the time of her death, three lectures delivered by Jackson, and sixteen short stories, mostly in the

gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

genre, including Jackson's best known work, "

The Lottery ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

". The collection was published by Jackson's husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, in 1968, three years after Jackson's death, and includes a preface by him. It was listed by ''

The New York Times Book Review ''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...

'' among the best fiction of 1968. In 2013, ''Come Along with Me'' was reprinted by Penguin Classics. As of 2015, ''Come Along with Me'' was featured in the collections of more than 1,000 libraries.

Summary

The incomplete titular novel, ''Come Along with Me'', centres on the inner life of a cheerful middle-aged widow who calls herself Angela Motorman.''DarkEcho/HorrorOnline'': Shirley Jackson & The Haunting of Hill House
. July 1999 By Paula Guran After the death of her husband, Hughie, Angela sells her house and personal belongings in order to move to a strange city, where she sets up a business as a

medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

in her new boarding house. It is written in a more light-hearted style than many of Jackson's other works.

* ''Come Along with Me'' * "Janice" * "Tootie in Peonage" * "A Cauliflower in Her Hair" * "I Know Who I Love" * "The Beautiful Stranger" * "The Summer People" * "Island" * "A Visit" * "The Rock" * "A Day in the Jungle" * "Pajama Party" * "Louisa, Please Come Home" * "The Little House" * "The Bus" * Experience and Fiction * "The Night We All had Grippe" * Biography of a Story * "

" * Notes for a Young Writer

Adaptations

Joanne Woodward directed an adaptation of the novel ''Come Along with Me'' as an episode of the

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...

anthology series An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a differ ...

'' American Playhouse'' in 1982, with a cast led by

Estelle Parsons Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American actress, singer and stage director. After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program ''Today'' and ...

and

Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Aca ...

. The episode originally aired on February 16, 1982.

References

External links

*
Shirley Jackson
''Tabula Rasa'' * ''Come Along With Me'' full ''American Playhouse'' episode on the Internet Archive {{Shirley Jackson 1968 books Books adapted into films Books published posthumously Works by Shirley Jackson Viking Press books

Summary

Contents

Adaptations

References

External links