Shirley Jackson; Afterword by Jonathan Lethem

PENGUIN VITAE NEW HARDCOVER SERIES: Penguin Classics presents Penguin Vitae, a new deluxe hardcover series featuring a dynamic landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction that have shaped the course of our readers' lives. Penguin Vitae invites readers to find themselves in a diverse world of storytellers, with beautifully designed classic editions of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement and creative originality.

PENGUIN CLASSICS BOOK DESIGN: Penguin Vitae is a collectible series of vibrant foil stamped hardcovers with colored endpapers and high-quality paper. Penguin Vitae marks an exciting next chapter in our Classics hardcover series program, following the acclaimed series book designs of The Penguin Galaxy, Penguin Drop Caps, and Penguin Horror under Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, and the Clothbound Classics designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

CALL FOR DIVERSE CLASSICS: From campaigns such as #WeNeedDiverseBooks to customer requests for beautiful hardcover editions of a wider representation of classic authors, Penguin Vitae aims to provide an exciting and inclusive, highly collectible series of beloved books ready for new discovery.

INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN LETHEM: Lethem is the author of the award-winning Motherless Brooklyn and the bestselling The Fortress of Solitude.

HORROR CLASSICS: Horror is one of the most successful areas Penguin Classics publishes in, and this new edition of Castle will fit in well alongside our hardcover Penguin Horror series, as well as top-selling works like Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and The Best of Richard Matheson.