The plot is so remarkably intricate that readers are kept guessing to the very end as to why Rita Hayworth’s poster matters so much in the story. There is an aura of raw passion about the story. The supporting characters also have multi-dimensional personalities. And once they start reading, the novella hooks them from the very first line.īoth Red and Andy are intriguing characters. The compelling title forces the readers to wonder what the story is about. It has all the makings of a contemporary classic. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is one of Stephen King’s best stories.

WHAT WE LIKED ABOUT RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Just when everything seems to be going smoothly, something happens - Andy tells Red a secret, one that changes their lives forever.

He uses his position to help the other inmates, too. By doing so, he wins their trust and gets the wardens to allow him to work in the prison library. Using his financial acumen, Andy helps the prison staff with their monetary issues. Andy too approaches Red for a poster of Rita Hayworth. Red is the go-to person for everyone looking for contraband items at Shawshank. Red, another Shawshank inmate, is the narrator. Andy has been sentenced to two life sentences, even though he claims to be innocent. This is the story of Andrew ‘Andy’ Dufresne, a banker incarcerated in the Shawshank State Penitentiary in 1947 for the twin murders of his wife and her lover. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella from Stephen King’s collection, Different Seasons. He and his wife divide their time in their three houses in Bangor, Lovell, and Gulf of Mexico (Florida). He has also received many a lifetime achievement award across the globe. These include the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the British Fantasy Award. He is also the recipient of various awards. He has also published under pen names, the most famous one being Richard Bachman.

Many of his works have been adapted for movies, TV series, and comics. King has authored several novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction books. His genres include horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, drama, dark fantasy, and crime fiction.

He is an American author and is popularly known as the King of Horror. Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine.

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