Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson5/23/2023 The story is a simple one but the overtones are immediately present. HANGSAMAN is Miss Jackson's second novel. It took the gruesome act of a desperate boy who lived among them to pierce the shell of their complacency and force them to see their own ugliness. Among the self-satisfied group were: Mrs Merriam, the sanctimonious shrew who was turning her husband into a nonentity and her daughter into a bigoted spinster Mr Roberts, who found relief from the street's unending propriety in shoddy side-street amours Miss Fielding, who considered it more important to boil an egg properly than to save a disturbed girl from destruction. The Road Through the Wall: Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were "nice" people - especially the residents themselves. Contains "The Road Through the Wall", "Hangsaman" and "The Bird's Nest"
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