Carrie

Stephen King's novel Carrie is a gothic horror novel. It was his debut novel, published on April 5, 1974, with a print run of 30,000 copies. It centers around the titular Carrie White, a friendless, harassed high-school girl from an abusive religious family who utilizes her newly found telekinetic skills to seek revenge on those who mistreat her. In the process, she creates one of the town's biggest local disasters. King has stated that the piece is "raw" and "has a remarkable capacity to pain and horrify".

Much of the novel is told through newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and book excerpts about how Carrie ruined the imaginary town of Chamberlain, Maine, while getting revenge on her abusive classmates and her own mother, Margaret. Because of its brutality, swearing, underage sex, and poor perspective of religion, Carrie was one of the most often banned books in US schools in the 1990s.

Detailed information:

Author: Stephen King
Language: English
Genre: Horror

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