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| misery stephen king english: 'Salem's Lot Stephen King, 2008-05-06 SOON TO BE A NEW FILM, STREAMING ON MAX FALL OF 2024 • #1 BESTSELLER • Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book. A master storyteller. —The Los Angeles Times When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town. With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale. |
| misery stephen king english: Misery Stephen King, 2017-02-28 After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive. |
| misery stephen king english: All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy, 1993-06-29 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. |
| misery stephen king english: Mr. Mercedes Stephen King, 2017-05-08 Pada jam-jam jelang subuh, di sebuah kota Midwest yang lesu, ratusan orang mengantre di bursa kerja. Tiba-tiba seorang pengendara mobil melaju kencang ke arah mereka dalam mobil Mercedes curian, menggilas tanpa ampun, mundur, lalu menabrak lagi. Delapan orang tewas, lima belas terluka. Si pembunuh lolos. Di bagian lain kota, beberapa bulan kemudian, pensiunan polisi Bill Hodges masih terbayang-bayang kasus tak terpecahkan itu. Lalu seseorang menulis surat kepadanya, mengaku sebagai si penabrak dan mengancam akan melakukan serangan lebih dahsyat. Hodges pun memutuskan untuk aktif kembali demi mencegah terulangnya tragedi itu. Brady Hartfield tinggal bersama ibunya yang pemabuk. Dia sangat menyukai perasaan berkuasa yang meliputinya ketika berada di belakang kemudi mobil Mercedes-nya, dan dia ingin merasakan hal itu lagi. Dan rencana Brady berikutnya, apabila berhasil, akan menewaskan atau melukai ribuan orang. Hanya Bill Hodges yang bisa menahan si pembunuh sebelum dia beraksi kembali. |
| misery stephen king english: Carrie; Christine Stephen King, 2002-08-01 |
| misery stephen king english: Fairy Tale Stephen King, 2024-06-25 Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours. -- |
| misery stephen king english: Misery: Artist Gift Edition Stephen King, 1967-08-08 |
| misery stephen king english: Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King, 2017-09-26 In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious “Eve Black,” is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain? Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanted to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a woman’s prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today. |
| misery stephen king english: Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2025-02-17 “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky plunges into the mind of Rodion Raskolnikov, a destitute former student in the teeming, oppressive streets of St. Petersburg. The novel opens with a vivid description of Raskolnikov's impoverished existence, his room a mere “cupboard or box,” and the squalor he endures. Haunted by a desperate idea, he commits a brutal act: the murder of an elderly pawnbroker and her innocent sister, Lizaveta, with an axe. This act is not born of malice, but from a twisted theory that posits the existence of “extraordinary” individuals who are above the law and capable of shaping history. Raskolnikov sees himself as such a man, and the murder as a test of his own will and fortitude. |
| misery stephen king english: These Things Hidden Heather Gudenkauf, 2013-10-29 Allison Glenn tried to hide what happened that night...and failed. The consequence? A prison sentence. Now she's free. But secrets have a way of keeping you locked up. When teenager Allison Glenn is sent to prison for a heinous crime, she leaves behind her reputation as Linden Falls' golden girl forever. Her parents deny the existence of their once-perfect child. Her former friends exult her downfall. Her sister, Brynn, faces whispered rumors every day in the hallways of their small Iowa high school. It's Brynn-shy, quiet Brynn-who carries the burden of what really happened that night. All she wants is to forget Allison and the past that haunts her. But then Allison is released to a halfway house, and is more determined than ever to speak with her estranged sister. Now their legacy of secrets is focused on one little boy. And if the truth is revealed, the consequences will be unimaginable for the adoptive mother who loves him, the girl who tried to protect him and the two sisters who hold the key to all that is hidden. |
| misery stephen king english: Night Shift Stephen King, 2011-07-26 #1 BESTSELLER • A collection of bone-chilling, nail-biting tales from the undisputed master of horror that showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will chill the cockles of many a heart (Chicago Tribune).• INCLUDES THE STORY “THE BOOGEYMAN” – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories--a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (Graveyard Shift); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (Night Surf, the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (The Lawnmower Man); unsettling children from the heartland (Children of the Corn); a smoker who will try anything to stop (Quitters, Inc.); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (Gray Matter); and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best. |
| misery stephen king english: Later Stephen King, 2026-06-23 Part detective tale, part thriller…touching and genuine. —The New York Times #1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a thrilling novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears. |
| misery stephen king english: Dionysus in Literature Branimir M. Rieger, 2011-06-01 In this anthology, outstanding authorities present their assessments of literary madness in a variety of topics and approaches. The entire collection of essays presents intriguing aspects of the Dionysian element in literature. |
| misery stephen king english: Coffey on the Mile Stephen King, 2016-06-21 The Green Mile, Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, was first published twenty years ago in six original paperback installments. Inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks about an innocent man on death row, The Green Mile is now available for the first time in e-serial form. Coffey on the Mile is Volume Six. Cold Mountain Penitentiary has seen its share of men drawing their last breaths, with many of them claiming to be innocent until the very end. In this final chapter of the six-part novel, we learn both John Coffey's fate and the terrible truth Paul Edgecombe discovers about him. The story also brings us farther into the present as Paul recounts the events of his life after Cold Mountain—and the lives of all he encountered there. The gentle giant with healing hands. The little mouse that softened a murderer’s heart. The corrupt man capable of more evil than any of those he guarded. And all the wonderful and horrible men and moments in that place of ultimate retribution, the well-worn stretch of linoleum they called the Green Mile. |
| misery stephen king english: Misery Stephen King, 2016-01-01 The #1 New York Times bestselling tale of terror from master storyteller Stephen King about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his “number one fan”. Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such a change doesn’t come without consequences. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy of the terrifying rescuer who’s nursing him back to health—his self-proclaimed number one fan, Annie Wilkes. Annie is very upset over what Paul did to Misery and demands that he find a way to bring her back by writing a new novel—his best yet, and one that’s all for her. After all, Paul has all the time in the world to do so as a prisoner in her isolated house...and Annie has some very persuasive and violent methods to get exactly what she wants... |
| misery stephen king english: Finders Keepers Stephen King, 2016-03-22 A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes.--Provided by publisher. |
| misery stephen king english: Infested Stephen R. King, 2017-04-14 Four new horror adventures to let you discover courage in the face of fear. To push past the worries of death and try to continue on. Could you survive while frozen in your deepest fears? Find out what happens next in the tales of INFESTED. |
| misery stephen king english: Hollywood's Stephen King Tony Magistrale, 2003-11-22 Tony Magistrale explores many of the movie versions of Stephen King's works and provides important insights into both the films and the fiction on which they are based. |
| misery stephen king english: Dolores Claiborne Stephen King, 2022-09-27 Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago. |
| misery stephen king english: Misery Stephen King, 2018-08-08 |
| misery stephen king english: The Rim of Morning William Sloane, 2015-10-06 In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic horror. In To Walk the Night, Bark Jones and his college buddy Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherished professor of astronomy. They discover his body, consumed by fire, in his laboratory, and an uncannily beautiful young widow in his house—but nothing compares to the revelation that Jerry and Bark encounter in the deserts of Arizona at the end of the book. In The Edge of Running Water, Julian Blair, a brilliant electrophysicist, has retired to a small town in remotest Maine after the death of his wife. His latest experiments threaten to shake up the town, not to mention the universe itself. |
| misery stephen king english: End of Watch Stephen King, 2016-06-07 The final stand-alone novel in King's wonderful Hodges trilogy, also featuring Holly Gibney, is now released with a stunning new cover look. The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear . . . 'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide . . . Come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you.' Bill Hodges, who now runs a two-person agency called Finders Keepers with partner Holly Gibney, is intrigued by the letter Z written with a marker at the scene of the crime. As similar cases mount up, Hodges is stunned to discover the evidence points to Brady Hartsfield, the notorious 'Mercedes Killer'. It should be impossible: Brady is confined to a hospital room in a seemingly unresponsive state. But Brady Hartsfield has lethal new powers. And he's planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city. The clock is ticking in unexpected ways . . . BRADY IS BACK AND SO IS HODGES |
| misery stephen king english: Taking Stock Cj West, 2007-04 The key to $44 billion lies deep inside the computer systems of Boston's top money management firm. Millions spend on security safeguard the wealth of the firm's customers, but when a senior executive is duped into betraying his firm's trust, $200 million disappears without a trace. Erica Fletcher digs into this perplexing problem that no one will touch. Bogged down with a heavy workload and plagued by mysteriously vanishing research, she discovers that the evidence points to her. She must find the thieves and prove her innocence before they find her. |
| misery stephen king english: Eight Hundred Grapes Laura Dave, 2015-07-30 There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide... |
| misery stephen king english: Fall from Innocence: the Body Stephen King, 1994 |
| misery stephen king english: The Outsider Stephen King, 2019 King's crime thriller featuring Holly Gibney and Detective Ralph Anderson is now released with a stunning new cover look. Now you see him. Now you don't. A horrifying crime. Water-tight evidence points to a single suspect. Expect he was seventy miles away, with an iron-clad alibi. Detective Anderson sets out to investigate the impossible: how can the suspect have been both at the scene of the crime and in another town? |
| misery stephen king english: The Stand - Volume 1 , 2011-09-21 The Stand is a classic tale of good vs. evil, loss weighed against redemption and despair pitted against hope. It is an apocalyptic vision of man's battle to save life against a worldwide plague of death. For when Captain Trips works its way across the land, it is time to make a stand. Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (HBO's Big Love), and artists Mike Perkins (Captain America) and Laura Martin (Astonishing X-Men), join forces to bring one of the great novels of modern literature to life through graphic art storytelling. Collecting Stephen King's THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #1-5 |
| misery stephen king english: Misery Stephen King, 2002 A New York Times Bestseller Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident and rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes. He slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie wants her back. Keeping Sheldon prisoner, she forces him to revive the character. |
| misery stephen king english: Lord of the Flies Robert Golding, William Golding, Edmund L. Epstein, 2002-01-01 The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island. |
| misery stephen king english: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe, 2017-02-16 The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different versions of the play were published in the Jacobean era, several years later.The powerful effect of early productions of the play is indicated by the legends that quickly accrued around them-that actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance, to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators, a sight that was said to have driven some spectators mad. |
| misery stephen king english: The Day of the Scorpion Paul Scott, 1968 Continues the story of the last days British rule in India in the early 1940's. |
| misery stephen king english: Misery Stephen King, 1988-06-03 For use in schools and libraries only. Paul Sheldon, author of a series of historical romances, wakes up in a secluded farmhouse in Colorado with broken legs while Annie Wilkes, a disappointed fan, hovers over him with drugs, an ax, and a blowtorch, demanding he bring his heroine back to life. |
| misery stephen king english: Stephen King from A to Z George Beahm, Beahm, 1998-09 Contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and work of popular novelist Stephen King. |
| misery stephen king english: Misery (Export) Stephen King, 2020-05-05 |
| misery stephen king english: Screening Stephen King Simon Brown, 2018-02-28 Since the 1970s, the name Stephen King has been synonymous with horror. His vast number of books has spawned a similar number of feature films and TV shows, and together they offer a rich opportunity to consider how one writer’s work has been adapted over a long period within a single genre and across a variety of media—and what that can tell us about King, about adaptation, and about film and TV horror. Starting from the premise that King has transcended ideas of authorship to become his own literary, cinematic, and televisual brand, Screening Stephen King explores the impact and legacy of over forty years of King film and television adaptations. Simon Brown first examines the reasons for King’s literary success and then, starting with Brian De Palma’s Carrie, explores how King’s themes and style have been adapted for the big and small screens. He looks at mainstream multiplex horror adaptations from Cujo to Cell, low-budget DVD horror films such as The Mangler and Children of the Corn franchises, non-horror films, including Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, and TV works from Salem’s Lot to Under the Dome. Through this discussion, Brown identifies what a Stephen King film or series is or has been, how these works have influenced film and TV horror, and what these influences reveal about the shifting preoccupations and industrial contexts of the post-1960s horror genre in film and TV. |
| misery stephen king english: A Handbook of English History Based on the Lectures of M.J. Guest Montague John Guest, 1893 |
| misery stephen king english: A Handbook of English History Based on the Lectures of the Late M.J. Guest and Brought Down to the Year 1880 Montague John Guest, 1898 |
| misery stephen king english: Stephen King's Gothic John Sears, 2011-06-30 Stephen King is the world's best-selling horror writer. His work is ubiquitous on bookstore, supermarket, and personal library shelves and has been faithfully adapted into some of the most iconic horror films of the twentieth century. This study explores his writing through the lenses of contemporary literary and cultural theory. Through analyses of some of his best-known work, including Carrie and Misery, the authors argue that King offers ways of encountering and understanding some of our deepest fears about life and death, the past and the future, technological change, other people, monsters, ghosts, and the supernatural.This is the first extended critical-theoretical engagement with King's writing, and will be of interest to students, academics, and fans of horror fiction. |
| misery stephen king english: Handbook of English History Montague John Guest, 1896 |
Misery (film) - Wikipedia
Misery is a 1990 American psychological horror thriller film [4] directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman. It is based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name …
Misery (1990) - IMDb
Misery: Directed by Rob Reiner. With James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen. After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he …
MISERY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MISERY is a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction. How to use misery in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Misery.
MISERY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness. a cause or source of distress. Older Use. a pain. a misery in my left …
MISERY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
MISERY definition: 1. great unhappiness: 2. someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things…. Learn more.
What does misery mean? - Definitions.net
Misery refers to a state of extreme unhappiness, sorrow, or suffering. It is characterized by feelings of deep distress, anguish, or despair. Misery can occur due to various factors such as …
misery - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun Any afflictive or depressed condition; want of the means of livelihood; destitution: as, the burning of the factory caused much misery among the poor. noun A seated pain or ache; an …
Misery (film) | Stephen King Wiki | Fandom
Misery is the film based on a novel with the same name by Stephen King. It is a 1990 American psychological horror film. Fans often regard the film as one of the best Stephen King …
MISERY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
Misery - definition of misery by The Free Dictionary
Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: "Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances" (Martha Washington). 2. A cause or source of …
Misery (film) - Wikipedia
Misery is a 1990 American psychological horror thriller film [4] directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman. It is based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name …
Misery (1990) - IMDb
Misery: Directed by Rob Reiner. With James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen. After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he …
MISERY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MISERY is a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction. How to use misery in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Misery.
MISERY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness. a cause or source of distress. Older Use. a pain. a misery in my left …
MISERY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
MISERY definition: 1. great unhappiness: 2. someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things…. Learn more.
What does misery mean? - Definitions.net
Misery refers to a state of extreme unhappiness, sorrow, or suffering. It is characterized by feelings of deep distress, anguish, or despair. Misery can occur due to various factors such as …
misery - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun Any afflictive or depressed condition; want of the means of livelihood; destitution: as, the burning of the factory caused much misery among the poor. noun A seated pain or ache; an …
Misery (film) | Stephen King Wiki | Fandom
Misery is the film based on a novel with the same name by Stephen King. It is a 1990 American psychological horror film. Fans often regard the film as one of the best Stephen King …
MISERY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
Misery - definition of misery by The Free Dictionary
Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: "Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances" (Martha Washington). 2. A cause or source of …
