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Book Description
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson'Continue
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thebookbag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010
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Interesting stories. Shirley Jackson is good at unveiling the most brutal and violent human impulses which hide under civiled manners, and her characters and situation are often unsettling and sometimes disturbing.
The famous story "The lottery" is not among my favourites in this collection. I ... (continue)Ficie said on Jun 4, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 320 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0374529531
- ISBN-13: 9780374529536
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Pub date: Mar 16, 2005
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780374529536 | Paperback | $15.00 | $12.82 | bn.com |
| $15.00 | $9.99 | The Book Depository | ||
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The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Even though it was written over sixty years ago, The Lottery, coming in at fewer than 3,500 words still has the power to shock. When it first appeared in the The New Yorker in 1948 it caused many outraged readers to cancel their subscriptions such wa ... (read full critics)