Description
The story of a teenage girl with telekinetic powers. Carrie White was an outcast, who is pushed beyond human limits when she is cruelly taunted in front of her Prom, and she unleashed her frightening power upon the small New England town of Chamberlain in 1979.Leaving the school and town looking like a warzone, Carrie turns her power on the only person she truly loves and hates - her fanatically religious mother, with devastating results.
This is the earliest of King's published novels, and the one that rocketed him to stardom. Looking back on his early works now, it can be plainly seen that King has matured and developed as a writer in many ways, but his early work is still an enjoyment to read, and has a certain style that exists in King's modern work still. Receiving a huge $2,500 advance for this book, King thought he was lucky, but only a short while later the paperback rights were sold for a whopping $400,000, and King was to get Half!
Published
1974 DoubledayDedication
This is for Tabby, who got me into it - and then bailed me out of it.People
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ?, Billy | Uncle of Tommy Ross |
| ?, Brucie | Lover of Mrs Nolan |
| ?, Cindi | Ewen High School student |
| ?, David | George Kramer, Principal of the consolidated high school in S.D. 14 cut a student named David's hair. He was paid seven thousand dollars in damages |
| ?, Galen | Uncle of Tommy Ross, who owned a farm |
| ?, Pete | Possibly the brother of Amelia Jenks and Sandra Jens |
| ?, Peter | Partner of Myra Crews at the Senior Prom, and one of the people on the King and Queen ballot |
| Alison, Harold | Married Judith Brigham after her first husband died |
| Alison, Judith | The married name (Second marriage) of Judith Brigham |
| Bankson, J W | Scholar who believed Margaret White forgot that she was pregnant on purpose |
| Barrett, Don | Boy at Ewen High school, and Part of the decorating committee for the senior prom. Helped steal the pigs blood |
| Bicente, Mrs | Margaret White's teacher. Died in the fires |
| Black Man, The | Probably the devil, and he was in the dreams of Carrie White, but was defeated by her mother |
| Blake, Henry | Helped steal the pigs blood with Billy Nolan |
| Blake, Tina | Girl at school who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White. A small, pretty girl with red hair |
| Bliss, P P | Wrote "Let the lower Lights be Burning", a hymn that Margaret White liked |
| Block, Harry | In charge of the Town Utilities in Chamberlain |
| Bosnan, Billy | Conductor of the school rock band at the Ewen High School senior prom |
| Bracken, David | A student at Ewen High School. Member of the National Honor Society |
| Brann, Doug | Owned Western Auto Store |
| Brigham, John | Margaret White's father. He owned a night spot called The Jolly Roadhouse. He was killed in a shooting in 1959 |
| Brigham, Judith (nee Cochran) | Margaret White's mother. After John's death, Judith later married Harold Alison |
| Brigham, Margaret | Maiden name of Margaret White. Daughter of John and Judith |
| Brock, Lennie | A student at Ewen High School |
| Burton, ? | Fire Chief that attended the fires after the Ewen High School senior prom |
| Cantor, Eddie | Did a pop-eyed act |
| Chamblis, William A | President of Chamberlain Mills and Weaving |
| Chizmar, George | Artistic student at Ewen High School - did the design for the senior prom |
| Cochran, Sadie | Margaret White's grandmother. She died of a heart attack, aged 66. She had the gift of T.K. too |
| Congress, David R | Wrote a paper in 1981 on Carrie called "The Shadow Exploded: Documented Facts and Specific Conclusions derived from the case of Carietta White" |
| Coombs, John R | Wrote a slang book and included Carrie's name |
| Cowan, Maureen | Played Folk music with John Swithen at the Ewen High School senior Prom |
| Crager, Mel | Constable in Durham, Maine |
| Cratzchbarken, Morton | Addressed the "National Colloquim on Psychic Phenomena" |
| Crewes, Myra | Student that protested against the King/Queen of the ball even though she was a selection in the King and Queen. Partner of Peter |
| Dawson, George (Bomba) | Boy at Ewen High School who was the Prom partner (and King and Queen Choice) of Frieda Jason. Died in the fire |
| Dawson, Mrs | Mother of George Dawson |
| Deighan, Chief | Fire chief in Chamberlain, who attended the fires started by Carrie |
| Deighan, Steve | A friend of Billy Nolan at Ewen High School who helped steal the pigs blood. Little more than an idiot |
| deLois, Billy | Boy at Ewen High School who was on detention for cutting French I classes |
| Desjardin, Rita | The gym teacher at Ewen High School who came to Carrie's defence in the Shower. She tried to help Carrie, but was eventually killed at the Senior Prom |
| Deveaux, Sam | Owner of the Cavalier Bar |
| Dieghan, Chief | Fire chief |
| Dieghan, Steve | Helped steal the pigs blood |
| Downer, Mr | Owns the piano at the Ewen High School. Music teacher |
| Doyle, Otis | Sheriff of Chamberlain. Closed the Recreation centre after a drug bust |
| Drain, Henry | Owner of the meadow near the Cavalier, where Carrie died |
| Dubay, Marcel | Played cards with Tom Quillan, and was accused of cheating |
| Duchamp, ? | Son of Teddy, and now the owner of the Amoco service station that his father owned |
| Duchamp, Teddy | Owner of the Amoco petrol station before he died in 1968 |
| Erbter, Tommy | A cheeky little 5 year old that Carrie causes to fall off his bike. This was the first time she could remember that she was able to influence something with her mind, but earlier things come back to her later |
| Evarts, Roy | Helen's Shryes date for the prom |
| Evers, Mrs | Teacher at Ewen High School |
| Farnham, Don | Boy at Ewen High School. King and Queen of the prom partner of Helen Shryes |
| Fearon, Roger | Been with the Chamberlain Mill 18 years and is now the Dye House Foreman |
| Fielding, George | Scholar who believed Margaret White forgot that she was pregnant on purpose |
| Fish, Miss | Office worker and Peter Morton's secretary at Ewen High School |
| Gaines, Coach | Basketball coach at Ewen High School |
| Galatea | Carrie was compared to Galatea, who was transformed from a drudge into a beautiful woman |
| Garrison, Mrs | 86 year old woman who Carrie visits |
| Garson, Kenny | Boy at Ewen High School who helped Billy Nolan steal the pigs blood. Brother of Lou. He had the intelligence of a third-grader |
| Garson, Lou | Boy at Ewen High School who helped Billy Nolan steal the pigs blood. Brother of Kenny |
| Gault, Jeanne | Friend of Sue Snell. Told Sue about sex for the first time |
| Gaver, Jack | Wrote an article on Carrie called "Carrie: the black dawn of TK" in Esquire magazine 12th September 1980 |
| Geer, Miss | Chairman of the decoration committee for the Ewen High School senior Prom |
| Gerome, George | Harvard Psychologist |
| Gillian, Brent | Boy at Ewen High School |
| Givens, Julia | Author who theorised about Telekinesis |
| Grace, Lila | Girl at school who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White |
| Grayle, Henry (Hank) | Principal of Banter St Grammar School |
| Grier, Frank | Tied with Carrie & partner for the King and Queen of the Prom. Partner of Jessica MacLean |
| Grogan, Ruth | Student with Carrie White and survivor of the fire who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' |
| Hanscom, Vicky | Girl at Ewen High School |
| Hargensen, Christine | Plotted the pigs' blood shower as revenge for being punished for the 'shower incident' with Carrie White. She was the one that pulled the cord which dropped the blood on Carrie. Died in a car accident caused by Carrie. Daughter of John |
| Hargensen, John | Father of Christine. Local Lawyer |
| Harris, Billy | Local reporter for the Chamberlain News |
| Henty, Irwin (Old Man) | Ran a farm in the local area, and it was his pigs that were killed while he was attending his mothers funeral |
| Henty, Mrs | Mother of Irwin. She died and Irwin was going to her funeral when his pigs were killed |
| Holt, Freddy | Ugly, thin student nicknamed Beak |
| Horan, Estelle | A girl in Carrie's class at Ewen High School. This is not the same Estelle Horan as used to live next door, as she was the same age as Carrie, where her neighbour was about 8 or 9 years older |
| Horan, Estelle (Stella) | Spoke of Carrie in Jack Glover's article. She was seen in her bathing suit by Carrie White, and when Margaret chastised her daughter, the rocks fell from the sky. Moved to San Diego, California. She was about 8 or 9 years older than Carrie |
| Horan, Mrs | Mother of Estelle (Stella) Horan, and used to live next door to the White's when Carrie was a child |
| Jason, Frieda | Girl at school. King and Queen of the prom partner with George Dawson. Died in the fire |
| Jenks, Amelia | Wrote a letter in the last pages of the book to Sandra Jens about her daughter Annie. Possibly the sister of Sandra |
| Jenks, Annie | Telekinetic daughter of Amelia who was mentioned in a letter in 1988 |
| Jens, Rich | Possibly the husband or son of Sandra Jens |
| Jens, Sandra | Got a letter from Amelia Jenks, and is possibly the sister of Amelia |
| Jerome, George | Harvard professor who looked at Carrie White's actions. Mentioned in "The Shadow Exploded" |
| Jones, Vicki | Vice President of the woman's league |
| Josie and the Moonglows | Provided some of the music for the Ewen High School senior Prom |
| Kellogg, Donna | Was a friend of Christine Hargensen but moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1978 |
| Kelly, Henry | See Hubert Kelly, and the Errors page |
| Kelly, Hubert | Runs the Kelly fruit company: A Tobacco Shop and Soda Fountain where the local kids hang out |
| King, Edwin | Teacher that Carrie had for 7th Grade English at the Ewen High School |
| Kirk, Mr | Husband of Virginia. He was there when the rocks fell on the White house |
| Kirk, Virginia | Neighbour of the White family |
| Klein, Mrs | Tommy Ross' neighbour |
| Kolintz, Andrea | Telekinetic girl mentioned in a paper by David Congress |
| Kramer, George | Friend of Henry Grayle. Assistant principal of School District 14, but was sacked for cutting a students hair without permission |
| Lavoie, Mr | Head custodian at the Ewen High School |
| Lublin, Mr | Husband of Mrs Lublin, and chaperone at the Ewen High School senior Prom |
| Lublin, Mrs | Teacher at Ewen High School and senior Prom chaperone. Wife of Mr Lublin |
| Luponet, Gerald | Renowned physicist mentioned by Dean McGuffin |
| Macaferty, Miss | Carrie gave her 4 flat tyres by unscrewing the valves on her tires using only her mind |
| MacLean, Don | Carrie thought herself to be Don MacLean's secret lover when she spoke to Tommy Ross |
| MacLean, Jessica | Tied with Carrie & Tommy Ross for the king/queen position. Partner of Frank Grier |
| Marshall, Holly | Girl at Ewen High School, and part of the senior prom decorating committee |
| McGuffin, Dean K L | Wrote a paper on Telekinesis called "Telekinesis: Analysis and Aftermath" in the 1982 science yearbook |
| McLaughlin, Georgina | Lived near the Whites and spoke about the screaming while Margaret White was in Labor. She was the one that finally called the police |
| McManus, Sally | Girl at Ewen High School. Attended the Senior Prom |
| Mears, Thomas B | Chamberlain fire marshal who died in the fire |
| Mearton, Thomas G | Officer investigating Mrs Whites screaming and found Carrie just born |
| Mooney, Vic | Counted the votes at the ball. President of the senior class |
| Morton, A.P. (Pete) | Assistant principal at Ewen High |
| Mott, Elton (Elt) | Foreman at the Blue Ribbon Laundry where Margaret white worked |
| Nolan, Mr | Father of Billy. Left his wife and son when a gas station venture went bad |
| Nolan, Mrs | Mother of Billy |
| Nolan, William (Billy) | Chris Hargensen's boyfriend who rigged the buckets of pigs' blood. Killed in a car accident caused by Carrie White |
| Norbert, Dale | Had a finger jammed and amputated in the doors of the hall during the senior Prom fire |
| O'Connell, Dick | Boston Red Sox manager |
| Overlock, Freddy | Charged by Irwin Henty for stealing from his farm |
| Patrick, Danny | He was kicked by Tommy Ross after being beaten by Pete Taber in a school fight |
| Philpott, Peter | Schools Superintendent |
| Pickett, Flash Bobby | Carrie had a photo of him under her pillow, and had once written a love note to him |
| Plessy, Jacob | Police Officer in Chamberlain. Killed when the Amoco station blew up |
| Preston, Billy | Put peanut butter in Carrie's hair when she fell asleep in Study Hall |
| Price, Ray | Sung 'She's Got To Be a Saint' |
| Quillan, Thomas K | Seen the fire after getting out of the police station |
| Ross, Thomas Everett (Tommy) | Sue Snell's boyfriend. He took Carrie to the prom and was killed when a bucket fell on his head |
| Shyres, Georgette | Neighbour of Cora Simard, She was electrocuted in the street |
| Shyres, Helen | Girl at Ewen High School who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White. King and Queen partner of Don Farnham |
| Simard, Cora | Testified about the things that happened on senior Prom night. Rhonda's mother |
| Simard, Mr | Husband of Cora. He was in Boston when Carrie White torched the town |
| Simard, Rhonda | Electrocuted at the Prom and died. Daughter of Cora Simard. She was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White |
| Smith, Jerry | Neighbour of the White family who paid the Junkman $1 for parts of the rocks that fell on the White house |
| Smith, Mrs | Wife of Jerry Smith |
| Smith, Terri | Miss potato blossom of 1975 |
| Snell, Mr | Father of Sue Snell |
| Snell, Mrs | Mother of Sue Snell |
| Snell, Susan D (Sue) | One of Carrie's classmates at Ewen High School who participated in the shower incident. She later felt bad about what she did and convinced her boyfriend Tommy Ross to take Carrie to the prom. Bad Idea! She later wrote the book "My Name is Susan Snell" |
| Spies, Rachel | Girl at school who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White |
| Stampel, Henry | Valedictorian of the Ewen High School, and one of only 52 surviving Seniors |
| Stearns, ? | Wrote a paper with ? White called "Telekinesis: A wild talent revisited" |
| Stenchfield, Sandra | Baton Twirler at the Ewen High School senior prom |
| Stephens, Mr | Teacher at the Ewen High School, and chaperone at the Senior Prom |
| Swithen, John | Played Folk music with Maureen Cowan at the senior Prom |
| Swope, Irma | Girl with a harelip that had a fire cracker put in her shoe by Christine Hargensen |
| Taber, Pete | He attacked and knocked out Danny Patrick |
| Talbot, Jackie | Boy at Ewen High School who helped steal the pigs blood |
| Thibodeau, Donna | Girl at school who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White. Sister of Fern It doesn't say anywhere that they were twins, but they were both in Carrie's class and when Miss Desjardin was giving the girls a lecture after the shower incident they stood holding hands as if very close. Member of the National Honour society |
| Thibodeau, Fern | Girl at school who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White. Sister of Donna It doesn't say anywhere that they were twins, but they were both in Carrie's class and when Miss Desjardin was giving the girls a lecture after the shower incident they stood holding hands as if very close |
| Throneberry, William G | Theorised about Telekinesis |
| Trelawney, Red | Worker for Irwin Henty |
| Trennant, Henry | Boy at Ewen High School who cut French I Class |
| Trevor, Bruce | Basketball playing student at Ewen High School. A Kilo of Marijuana was found in his locker, but he said he was framed |
| Ullman, Dale | Boy at Ewen High School |
| Upshaw, Jessica | Girl at Ewen High School who was involved in the 'Shower Incident' with Carrie White |
| Vreck, Josie | Tried to help Tommy Ross after he was hit by the bucket. In the band "Josie and the Moonglows". Josie was electrocuted at the prom |
| Warwick, Mrs | Neighbour of the White family. Deaf in one ear, and seen the rocks fall on the house |
| Watson, ? | Brother of Norma Watson who was hit by a hay truck |
| Watson, Norma | Girl at Ewen High School and one of the few who survived the Prom fire. Later wrote "We Survived The Black Prom" |
| White, ? | Wrote a paper with ? Stearns called "Telekinesis: A wild talent revisited" |
| White, Carietta N | Girl with telekintic abilities who snaps when buckets of pigs' blood are dumped on her at the Ewen High School Prom. Born 21 September 1963 |
| White, Margaret | Carrie's mother, and married name of Margaret Brigham. Religious fanatic and downright strange woman. Married name of Margaret Brigham. She worked on the speed ironer at the Blue Ribbon Laundry (This is also called the Mangler) Died when Carrie stopped her heart |
| White, Ralph | Carrie's father. Died in Feb 1963 at a housing project A steel girder fell on him. Married Margaret 23 March 1962 |
| Yorraty, Mrs | Carrie tried to break her window using telekinesis |