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Visit the following websites at their new locations! Keep reading by creating a free account or signing in. Carrie is a 1974 horror novel by American author Stephen King. King started writing Carrie, intended to be a short story for the men’s magazine Cavalier, after a friend’s suggestion to write a story of a female character.

Though King initially gave up on Carrie due to discomfort and apathy, and felt it would never be successful, his wife Tabitha convinced him to continue writing. Carrie was published on April 5, 1974, with a print run of 30,000 copies, and a paperback edition was published by New American Library in April 1975. The paperback edition became a bestseller, particularly after the release of the 1976 film adaptation, reaching four million sales. In 1979 Chamberlain, Maine, Carietta “Carrie” White is a 16-year-old girl ridiculed for her frumpy appearance and unusual religious beliefs, instilled by her despotic mother, Margaret.

One day, Carrie has her first period while showering in the girls’ locker room after physical education class. Chris refuses to comply and is punished with suspension and exclusion from the prom. After her influential father fails to reinstate her, Chris decides to take revenge on Carrie. Sue Snell, another popular girl who bullied Carrie in the locker room, grows remorseful, and asks her boyfriend, Tommy Ross, to invite Carrie to the prom instead. The prom initially goes well for Carrie: Tommy’s friends are welcoming, and Tommy finds he is attracted to Carrie as a friend.

Chris successfully rigs the election, and Carrie and Tommy are elected prom queen and king. However, at the moment of the coronation, Chris, from outside, dumps the pig blood onto Carrie’s and Tommy’s heads. Tommy is knocked unconscious by one of the buckets and dies. The sight of Carrie drenched in blood invokes laughter from the audience.

Outside, Carrie remembers her telekinesis and decides to enact vengeance on her tormentors. Carrie returns home to confront Margaret, who believes Carrie has been possessed by Satan and must be killed. Margaret tells her that her conception was a result of what may have been marital rape. She stabs Carrie in the shoulder with a kitchen knife, and Carrie halts Margaret’s heart as she says a prayer. Mortally wounded, Carrie makes her way to the roadhouse where she was conceived.

She sees Chris and Billy leaving, having been informed of the destruction by one of Billy’s friends. Sue, who has been following Carrie’s “broadcast”, finds her collapsed in the parking lot, bleeding from the knife wound. The two have a brief telepathic conversation. Carrie had believed that Sue and Tommy had set up the prank, but realizes Sue is innocent. Carrie forgives her bullying and dies, crying out for her mother.

A state of emergency is declared and the survivors make plans to relocate. Chamberlain foresees desolation in spite of the government assisting on rehabilitating the worker districts. Desjardin and the school’s principal blame themselves for the disaster and resign from teaching. Sue publishes a memoir based on her experiences.

A “White Committee” report investigating paranormal abilities concludes that there will be others like Carrie. Carrie is a horror novel and an example of supernatural and gothic fiction. Carrie deals with themes of ostracism, centering around Carrie being ostracized for not conforming to societal norms. A driving force of the novel is her first period in the shower leading to her being pelted with tampons and further scorned.