The 1959 classic gothic horror, The Haunting of Hill House. I've seen many iterations of this tale. My favorite is Mike Flanagan's series on Netflix. The bent-neck lady gave me the absolute shivers. However, the haunting in that series is caused by the abundance of ghosts. I believe 29 have been counted so far. In the book, the house itself is the menace, listening ominously while the characters insult it by day, and then attacking them at night.
I admire how Shirley Jackson creates an atmosphere of dread as well as her use of an unreliable narrator in the character of Eleanor.
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