Carrie
Jun 2008 · Vintage
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • New Original series from visionary showrunner Mike Flanagan coming soon to Prime Video. • 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD • “Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever” (Esquire) with a chilling vision of a world where bullies rule—and one girl’s secret power turns her into a weapon of terror.
“A master storyteller.” —The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” —The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." —Chicago Tribune
Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother’s religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she’s kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem.
When Carrie finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, she feels like she’s finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates’ vicious taunts is over . . . until a cruel, unexpected prank unleashes the full destructive potential of her gift.
“A master storyteller.” —The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” —The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." —Chicago Tribune
Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother’s religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she’s kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem.
When Carrie finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, she feels like she’s finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates’ vicious taunts is over . . . until a cruel, unexpected prank unleashes the full destructive potential of her gift.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • New Original series from visionary showrunner Mike Flanagan coming soon to Prime Video. • 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD • “Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever” (Esquire) with a chilling vi...
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Meidum 1984
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December 12, 2020
SO I bought the book, but I somehow got the 144 page version, and not the original 199 page version Like I thought I had. Mine has the cover from the 2013 movie remake. Well I thought the book was okay, I didn't like the back and fourth with many lines starting and ending in parenthesis. I thought it was a distraction, and I thought the transitions from character to character was a little annoying. I thought he could have segued better. I also found some typos too, and I'd give it around a 75 out of a 100. I might find it better to read the additional pages that I don't have. Maybe they would make it better.
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Matthew Evans
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July 14, 2025
Stephen King's first ever full-length novel still holds up fifty years later! The titular Carrietta White is an empathetic figure and the book is a painful reminder of the consequences of exclusion, social torment and ridicule and an example of taking religious beliefs too far. An absolute must-read for anybody who wants to begin reading the acclaimed authors work.
Boris Jakovljević
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October 29, 2018
As my first book that I read from Stephen King - I simply love Stephen's horror. We see Carrie's fate in the end, and how it was portrayed, with her relationship with Sue Snell. Damn... it was really touching. We don't only see why she was doing all of the things she did, but also how her mind deteriorated gradually. A great piece by a great author.
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About the author
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes...
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