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By Stephen King

The number 1 nationwide bestseller a few recognized novelist held hostage by way of his “number one fan” and pain a daunting case of writer’s block—that may well end up deadly. considered one of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely frightening” (USA TODAY).

Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has eventually met his #1 fan. Her identify is Annie Wilkes, and he or she is greater than a rabid reader—she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered physique after an car coincidence. yet she can be livid that the writer has killed off her favourite personality in his most up-to-date publication. Annie turns into his captor, maintaining him prisoner in her remoted house.

Annie desires Paul to put in writing a booklet that brings distress again to life—just for her. She has loads of how one can spur him on. One is a needle. one other is an awl. And in the event that they don’t paintings, she will get relatively nasty.

“Terrifying” (San Francisco Chronicle), “dazzlingly well-written” (The Indianapolis Star), and “truly gripping” (Publishers Weekly), Misery is “classic Stephen King...full of twists and turns and mounting suspense” (The Boston Globe).

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Virtually as smart as devil himself, it appeared. simply now she used to be beginning to lose it. it'd be useful little comfort to him, even if, if Annie have been to be ultimately delivered to bay for the homicide of Paul Sheldon. He became the web page and came across one other clipping from the Bakersfield Journal—the final, because it grew to become out. The headline learn pass over WILKES IS NURSING institution GRADUATE. Home-town woman makes strong. could seventeenth, 1966. The picture was once of a more youthful, startlingly beautiful Annie Wilkes, donning a nurse’s uniform and cap, smiling into the digicam. It was once a commencement picture, after all. She had graduated with honors. simply needed to kill one roommate to do it, too, Paul concept, and donkeyed his shrill, fearful snort. The wind gusted round the aspect of the home as though in resolution. Mom’s photograph chattered in short at the wall. the following slicing used to be from the Manchester, New Hampshire, Union-Leader. March 2d, 1969. It used to be an easy obituary which looked as if it would don't have any reference to Annie Wilkes in any respect. Ernest Gonyar, age seventy-nine, had died in Saint Joseph’s medical institution. No special reason for demise given. “After a protracted illness,” the obit stated. Survived by means of his spouse, twelve little ones, and what seemed like approximately 400 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. there has been not anything just like the rhythm approach for generating all descendants nice and small, Paul suggestion, and donkeyed back. She killed him. That’s what occurred to strong outdated Ernie. Why else is his obituary the following? this can be Annie’s publication of the lifeless, isn’t it? Why, for God’s sake? WHY? With Annie Wilkes that could be a query which has no sane solution. As you good understand. one other web page, one other Union-Leader obit. March nineteenth, 1969. the woman used to be pointed out as Hester “Queenie” Beaulifant, eighty-four. within the photo she seemed like whatever whose bones could have been exhumed from the l. a. Brea Tar Pits. an analogous factor that had gotten Ernie had gotten “Queenie”—seemed like that long-illness shit used to be going round. Like Ernie, she had expired at Saint Joe’s. Viewings at 2:00 and 6:00 P. M. on March twentieth at Foster’s Funeral domestic. Interment at Mary Cyr Cemetery on March twenty first at 4:00 P. M. Ought to’ve had a unique rendition of “Annie, Won’t you return by way of the following, ” sung by way of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Paul inspiration, and did the Donkey a few extra. there have been 3 extra Union-Leader obits at the following pages. outdated males who had died of that perennial favourite, lengthy sickness. The 3rd used to be a girl of forty-six named Paulette Simeaux. Paulette had died of that universal runner-up, brief disorder. even if the image accompanying the obit used to be even grainier and fuzzier than traditional, Paul observed that Paulette Simeaux made “Queenie” Beaulifant seem like Thumbelina. He inspiration her disorder could have been brief indeed—a thunderclap coronary, say, via a visit to Saint Joe’s, through ... via what? precisely what? He quite didn’t are looking to take into consideration the specifics ... yet all 3 obits pointed out Saint Joseph’s because the position of expiration. And if we checked out the nurses’ sign up for March 1969, could we discover the identify WILKES?

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