Shining, The
First published: 1977
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The Overlook Hotel claimed the most beautfiul physical setting of any resort in the world; but Jack Torrance, the new winter caretaker, with his wife, Wendy and their five-year-old son Danny, saw much more than its splendor.
Jack saw the Overlook as an opportunity, a desperate way back from failure and despair; Wendy saw this lonely sanctuary as a frail chance to preserve their family; and Danny?....Danny, who was blessed or cursed with a shining, precognitive gift, saw visions hideously beyond the comprehension of a small boy. He sensed the evil coiled within the Overlook's one hundred and ten empty rooms; an evil that was waiting just for them.
Characters
| Casey | The engineer in the poem "The Wreck of the Old 97'." |
| Chug-Chug | Childhood invisible friend of Dr Bill Edmonds |
| Dick | Character in Danny's first grade primer |
| Jane | Character in Danny's first grade primer |
| Jip | Character in Danny's first grade primer. |
| McTeague | The dentist in the Frank Norris novel, McTeague. |
| National Observer Man | Unnamed man who vomited into his National Observer magazine on Flight 196. |
| Pepys | English writer. |
| Pooh | Danny's stuffed toy. |
| Wendy's mother | She lived in New Hampshire. |
| ?, Aileen | Sister of Wendy Torrance. |
| ?, Andy | Friend of James Torrance in Stovington |
| ?, Brent | Went to nursery school with Danny Torrance in Stovington. |
| ?, Darla | At the overlook party in 1945 |
| ?, Elaine | Girlfriend of Tom |
| ?, Jana | Fictitious girl Hallorann said told him about his fictitious son's accident in Colorado. |
| ?, Lloyd | Bartender in the Overlook |
| ?, Mike | Worked at the Overlook |
| ?, Roger | Dressed as a dog in the Overlook at the 1945 party. |
| ?, Sally | Worked at the Overlook |
| ?, Sally | Assistant of Dr Edmonds in Sidewinder. |
| ?, Tom | Lived above Jack and Wendy in Boulder. Boyfriend of Elaine. |
| ?, Tommy | Jack Torrance found a letter written to Tommy back in 1934, in the Overlook basement |
| ?, Tony | Danny's invisible playmate that made the word "redrum" famous. He shows Danny things that will happen, both good and bad. He is really an older version of Danny himself. The name Tony is simply a shortening of Danny's middle name Anthony. |
| Aaronson, Mr. | Father of Scott. Teacher at Stovington Academy. |
| Aaronson, Mrs. | Mother of Scott. |
| Aaronson, Scott | Friend of Danny Torrance in Stovington |
| Anderson, Jack | Reporter with low morals. |
| Astor, ? | Visited the Overlook |
| Bach | Classical German composer. |
| Baedecker, ? | Helped Dick Hallorann in Florida |
| Bartok | Classical Hungarian composer. |
| Battaglia, Charles (Baby Charlie) | Mobster friend of Charles Grondin. |
| Beatrice, Sister | Jack Torrance's Catechism teacher |
| Bellboys, The | The unnamed young men who carried guests' luggage at the Overlook. |
| Benson, Gary | Character in Jack Torrance's play |
| Boorman, Victor T. | Shot at the Overlook in 1966. Bodyguard of Gienelli |
| Boston Strangler, The | Watson told Jack that Ullman would have hired the Boston Strangler, if he'd have worked for the minimum wage. |
| Bows, Dick | 1964 State Representative from Golden |
| Braddock, ? | Head Desk Clerk at the Overlook Hotel |
| Brannigar, Josh | Reporter |
| Brant, Mrs. | Guest at the Overlook on closing day. |
| Bruckner, ? | School department head at Stovington Academy |
| Capote, Truman | Visited the overlook |
| Chamberlain, Neville | Mentioned in passing |
| Checker at the Market, The | Person at a Sidewinder Market who told Wendy about the doctor in town. |
| Cochran, Eddie | Recording artist. |
| Conklin, Rodney | Financial editor of a paper. |
| Cottrell, Howard | Snowplow driver that helped Hallorann |
| Crommert, Mr. | Worked for the school board as headmaster of Stovington Academy. |
| DeLong, Paul (Monkey) | Child Molester in one of Jack Torrance's stories |
| Denker, ? | Character in Jack Torrance's play |
| Derwent, Horace M. (Harry) | Millionaire inventor, pilot, film producer and entrepreneur that owned the Overlook 1945-1970. He was married to Sylvia Derwent from 1942-1948. |
| Derwent, Sylvia Hunter | Wife of Horace Derwent from 1942 until 1948. Owned the Overlook from 1967 until 1968 |
| Doctorow, E.L. | Author of "Welcome to Hard Times" |
| Donner Party, The | PeopIe who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas. They resorted to cannibalism in order to stay alive. |
| Dupont, ? | Visited the Overlook |
| Durkin, Larry | Owner of a Conoco service station in Sidewinder. |
| Edmonds, Dr. Bill | Doctor in Sidewinder. |
| Effinger, Harry | Worked for the school board at Stovington Academy. |
| Felton, David | Features editor for a Denver paper. |
| Finkel, Henry | Ran the Top Marks for Horace Derwent in the 1930's. |
| Ford, Henry | Visited the overlook in 1927 |
| Four Writers, The | In 1961, four unnamed writers (two of whom were Pulitzer Prize Winners) leased the Overlook and reopened it as a writer's school. |
| Gable, Clarke | Visited the Overlook. |
| Galahad, Sir Wendy | Torrance imagined that a soap opera hero or Sir GaIahad would come |
| Gienelli, Vittorio (Vito the Chopper) | Mobster and guest of the Overlook in 1944. Shot in the Overlook in June 1966. |
| Grady, Delbert A. | drunk, who was in charge of the Overlook during the winter of 1970-1971, went mad and killed his 2 daughters (8 and 6) with a hatchet, and his wife with a shotgun before committing suicide with the shotgun. |
| Grimmer, ? | Character in one of Jack Torrance's stories |
| Grondin, Charles | Headed the purchase of the Overlook from Derwent in 1952, then was later part of High Country Investments that again purchased the Overlook in 1963. |
| Gunther, John | His son had a brain tumor. |
| Hall, Mr. | Name used by Dick Hallorann to the sheriff Tom Staunton. |
| Hallorann, ? | Fictitious boy Hallorann made up as an excuse to get back to Colorado. |
| Hallorann, Carl | Brother of Dick. |
| Hallorann, Dick | The cook at the Overlook. He had the "shine". |
| Hallorann, Mrs. | Mother of Dick and Carl Hallorann. |
| Harding, President | Stayed in the Presidential Suite at the Overlook. Former USA President |
| Harding, Warren G. | Guest in the Overlook in 1922. |
| Harlow, Jean | Visited the Overlook in 1930 |
| Hatfield, Brian | Father of George. Corporation Lawyer |
| Hatfield, George | A promising debate student at Stovington Academy. Son of Brian Hatfield. |
| Hollis, Wally | Told Jack Torrance about Vic Stenger's nervous breakdown |
| Houghton, Archer | County Coroner bribed to change the cause of death from Suicide to accidental death for Mrs. Massey - the woman found dead in room 217. |
| Hunter, Sylvia | Maiden name of Sylvia Derwent. |
| Jackson, Shirley | Author of The Legend of Hill House . |
| Leffing, Robert T. | Spokesman for High Country Investments |
| Lincoln, Abraham | Former USA President |
| Lombard, Carole | Visited the Overlook |
| Longfellow | American poet. |
| Macassi, Roger | Gienelli's bodyguard that was shot in June 1966 |
| Massey, Mr. | Lawyer husband of Mrs Massey. |
| Massey, Mrs. | Found dead in the bath of room 217. |
| Masterton, Frank | Part owner of One-A Wholesale Vegetable Mart in Florida. Friend of Dick Hallorann |
| McIver, ? | Lawyer used by Hallorann to make his will in Florida. |
| Miller, Arthur | Visited the Overlook. Husband of Marilyn. |
| Monroe, Marilyn | Visited the Overlook. Wife of Arthur Miller |
| Moorer, Benjamin | State trooper that found Gienelli, Boorman and Macassi's bodies in the Overlook in 1966. |
| Morgan, Jack (Dutchy) | Supposedly killed by Charles |
| Morris, Margery | 14 year old actress that worked for the Top Mark Studio before she died of a heroin overdose in 1934. |
| Nevers, Mr. | Dick Hallorann's apprentice at the Overlook |
| Nixon, Richard | Visited the Overlook and stayed in the Presidential Suite. Former USA President |
| Norman, Robert | Manager of the Overlook in 1966 |
| O'Casey, Sean Phyllis Sandler | Jack's agent, thought the literary sun rose and set on Sean O'Casey. |
| O'Neill, Eugene | Mentioned in passing by Jack Torrance |
| Olson, Charles | Poet discussed in Jack Torrance's English classes. |
| Pillsbury Dough-Boy, The | Wendy thought a chef should look like the Pillsbury Dough-Boy. |
| Porsky, Mr. | Mentioned in a debate by George Hatfield |
| Prashkin, Carl (Jimmy Ricks) | Heir to Gienelli. |
| Queems, ? | Manager where Dick Hallorann worked in Florida |
| Redford, Robert | Actor that was compared to George Hatfield. |
| Rockefeller, Nelson | Visited the Overlook in 1950 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. | Visited the Overlook and stayed in the Presidential Suite. Former USA President |
| Ryan, Nolan | Baseball Player |
| Sandler, Phyllis | Jack Torrance's agent in New York. |
| Scarne, Richard | Owner of Fun Time Automatic Machines and a mobster. Guest in the Overlook in 1964. |
| Scoffy, Frank | Killed by Vito Gienelli |
| Shockley, Albert | Close friend of the Torrance family |
| Shockley, Arthur Longley | Father of Albert. |
| Stani, Corbat | Designer that stayed in the Overlook in 1957 |
| Staunton, Tom | Ranger that Dick Hallorann spoke to about the Torrance family |
| Stenger, Robin | In nursery school with Danny Torrance in Stovington. Son of Vic. |
| Stenger, Vic | Father of Robin. Teacher with Jack Torrance at Stovington Academy. |
| Strong, Miss | French Teacher at Stovington Academy. |
| Three Mountain Climbers, The | The three unnamed men who tried to climb the north face of King's Ram in Colorado. |
| Three Nuns, The | They sat on a sofa in the lobby of the Overlook the day the Torrances arrived at the hotel. . |
| Torrance, Becky | Older sister of Jack Torrance. |
| Torrance, Brett | Oldest brother of Jack. |
| Torrance, Daniel Anthony (Danny or Doc) | Son of Jack and Wendy. He could read peoples minds or thoughts, and he was wanted by the Overlook. |
| Torrance, John Daniel (Jack) | Danny's father. Husband of Wendy |
| Torrance, Mark Anthony | Father of Jack, Becky, Brett and Mike. |
| Torrance, Mike | Brother of Jack. Second oldest |
| Torrance, Winnifred (Wendy) | Danny's mother. |
| Trent, Mr. | Manager of Surf-Sand resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Tunney, Zack | Friend of Jack Torrance. Teacher at Stovington Academy. |
| Ullman, Stuart | Manager of the Overlook. |
| Vanderbilt, ? | Visited the overlook |
| Vecker, Carlton | Passenger who didn't show up for Flight 196 to Denver. Hallorann got his seat.. |
| Vickery, Delores | Chambermaid at the Overlook Hotel. |
| VW Family, The | The family that had an accident on their way to Albuquerque. |
| Walpole, Horace | Writer mentioned my Wendy Torrance. |
| Watson, ? | Grandson of Robert Watson. Does the summer maintenance on the Overlook |
| Watson, Boyd | Not mentioned by name. Son of Robert T Watson. |
| Watson, Mr. | Father of the current caretaker, Watson. Son of Robert Watson. |
| Watson, Mrs. | Mother of the current caretaker, Watson. |
| Watson, Robert Townley (Bob) | Built the Overlook in 1907. Grandfather of Watson, the present maintenance man. |
| Wilson, President | Visited the Overlook and stayed in the Presidential Suite. Former USA President |
| Woman, The | Unnamed woman on Flight 196 (Hallorann's flight back to Colorado) who burst into tears and said the plane was going to crash. |
| Zanuck, Darryl F. | Guest in the Overlook in 1956 |
| Zeiss, Peter (Poppa) | Miami-based importer |
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