Ebook {Epub PDF} The Shining by Stephen King

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start/5(19K). Title: The Shining Author/Editor: King, Stephen Publisher: Doubleday Date: Format: Hardcover Condition: Good Condition Description: Dust jacket missing. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Mark to rear endpaper, otherwise.  · Title: The Shining. Author: Steven King. Published: Genre: horror. Rating: /5. The Premise: Synopsis (from Goodreads): Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start.

The Shining: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Stephen King does an excellent job describing Jack's descent into madness. Danny is another great character. He's timid and shy and a small kid, but at the same time he's the most powerful of all characters, with a gift that might be their only chance to escap The Shining is a ghost story told the way it should be. The Shining, by Stephen King, the undisputed master of the modern horror story. Inspiration. In late September of , Tabby and I spent a night at a grand old hotel in Estes Park, the Stanley. We were the only guests as it turned out; the following day they were going to close the place down for the winter. Wandering through its corridors, I.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. The Shining. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing. The Shining Background. This classic novel is arguably King's most famous story. It deals with many of King's recurring themes, Plot. Jack Torrance, a loving father when sober, is a temperamental alcoholic and aspiring writer. He is trying to Characters. Danny Torrance - Jack and Wendy's son.