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Misery

28.6% complete
1987
1987
1 time
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Has a genre Has comments Has a year read Has a rating In my library 
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No series
Copyright © Stephen King, Tabitha King, and Arthur B. Greene, Trustee, 1987
This is for Stephanie and Jim Leonard,
who know why.
Boy, do they.
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Comments may contain spoilers
This is the first Stephen King book I bought as it was released.  This is one of the many King books I read at 31 Street.
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Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 15-Jan-2020

Publications

 01-Jun-1988
Signet
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jun-1988
Pages*:
338
Read:
Once
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
565
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-451-15355-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-451-15355-5
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
"UNDILUTED HORROR... WONDERFUL... KING'S BEST... A PRIMAL STORYTELLER WRITING ABOUT A PRIMAL SCREAM!"
- Houston Chronicle


Paul Sheldon.  He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan.  Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident.  But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.  Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work - just for her.  She has a lot of ways to spur him on.  One is a needle.  Another is an ax.  And if they don't work, she can get really nasty....

"CLASSIC KING... FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AND MOUNTING SUSPENSE!"  - BOSTON GLOBE

"NERVE-JANGLING... RAZOR KEEN." - KIRKUS REVIEWS

"CHILLING... AS SCARY AS ANYTHING KING HAS DONE." - DES MOINES REGISTER

"PAGE-TURNINGLY EFFECTIVE.  STRINGING OUT EVERY SCENE TO THE SCREAMING POINT." - CHICAGO SUN TIMES


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Author(s)

Stephen King  
Birth: 21 Sep 1947 Portland, Maine, USA
Notes:
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland Maine.  His parents were Donald Edwin and Ruth Pillsbury King.  Stephen King's father, Donald, went out for cigarettes and never came back.  In January 1959 Stephen King and David King, his brother, began publishing their own newspaper named Dave's Rag

Stephen King went to Lisbon High School in 1962.  In 1963 they he and a friend, Chris Chesley, published a 18 short stories called People, Places, and Things - Volume I.  Stephen King graduated from high school in 1966 and took a went on to the University of Maine.  During his first year at college he finished his first novel entitled The Long Walk.  He submitted the novel for publication but it was rejected.

Stephen King sold his first story The Glass Floor for $35.00.  Stephen King graduated from the University of Maine in June 1970 with a BA in English.  On January 2, 1971, Tabitha Jane Spruce and Stephen King were married.   later that same year Stephen King began teaching at Hampden Academy.

In January 1973, Stephen King submitted Carrie to Doubleday and in March, they bought the book.  Stephen King has had numerous short stories and novels published.  His books have been translated into 33 different languages and have been published in over 35 different countries.  He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife Tabitha.

Awards

1987Horror Writer's AssociationBram Stoker Award - Novel Winner
1988World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Award - Novel Nominee
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  • I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
  • When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






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