The Lottery book
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"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens. The lottery, its preparations, and its execution are all described in detail, though it is not revealed until the end what actually happens to the person selected by the random lottery: the selected member of the community is stoned to death by the other townspeople.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery
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grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
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M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea
A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson · 2008-11-12
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grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
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M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea
A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson · 2008-11-12
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2025-10-29 · NPR's Book of the Day · via mentioned · 0.85
grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
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2025-10-29 · NPR's Book of the Day · via references · 0.72
grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
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2008-11-12 · The New Yorker: Fiction · via mentioned · 0.84
M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea
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2008-11-12 · The New Yorker: Fiction · via references · 0.71
M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea
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grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
gazetteer:book A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson
M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea
gazetteer:book Shirley Jackson’s biographer on the writer’s ability to find
grapher on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror a
gazetteer:book A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson
M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Lea