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The Shining

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An edition of The Shining (1977)

The Shining

1st Pocket Books printing (19)

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  • 430 Have read

The Overlook Hotel is more than just a home-away-from-home for the Torrance family. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son, Danny,it is a place where past horrors come to life. And where those gifted with the shining do battle with the darkest evils. Stephen King's classic thriller is one of the most powerfully imagined novels of our time.
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English
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704

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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, Family, nyt:e-book-fiction=2013-10-13, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, psychological, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Hotels, Occultism, Paranormal fiction, Extrasensory perception, Strategy, Military history, Horror & ghost stories, Horror - General, Fiction - Horror, Fiction / Horror

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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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Edition Availability
Cover of: Shining
Shining
2015, Bompiani
in Italian
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
2012, Anchor Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
2009, BCA
in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
2002?, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Pocket Books printing (19)
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1988, New English Library
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1980, New American Library
in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1978, New American Library
in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1978-01, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Signet printing (1)
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1977, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
in English
Cover of: The Shining
The Shining
1977, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
in English

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Copyright Date
2001

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
704
Dimensions
6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
Weight
11.4 ounces

Edition Identifiers

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OL7949728M
ISBN 10
0743424425
ISBN 13
9780743424424

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Work ID
OL81633W

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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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