The Shining (United Kingdom)

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The Shining (United Kingdom) by Stephen King is the United Kingdom edition of the author’s classic horror novel, in which Jack Torrance accepts a winter caretaker position at the isolated Overlook Hotel, where his young son Danny’s psychic gift reveals a terrifying evil waiting within the hotel’s empty rooms. Published in Great Britain by NEL (New English Library) in September 1977, this English-language hardcover edition with dust jacket comprises 447 pages, bears ISBN 450032205, and is identified by the statement “First published in Great Britain by New English Library,” and the original £4.95 dust-jacket price.

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The Shining (United Kingdom) follows Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a job as winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel in the Colorado mountains. Hoping for a fresh start with his wife Wendy and young son Danny, Jack moves his family into the hotel just as heavy snows cut them off from the outside world. Danny possesses a powerful psychic ability known as “the shining,” which allows him to see the hotel’s terrifying past and the malevolent forces lurking within it. As the winter progresses, the Overlook’s supernatural influence begins to consume Jack’s mind, turning him against his family and setting the stage for a chilling struggle between love, madness, and evil.

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Publication Date

September 1977

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450032205

Number of Pages

447

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"First published in Great Britain by New English Library" on CP., £4.95 on dustjacket

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