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The Lottery

The Lottery( )
Author: Jackson, Shirley
Read by: Stapleton, Maureen
ISBN:978-0-89845-781-0
Publication Date:Aug 1992
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Audio cassette
List Price:AUD $17.96
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's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly...
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Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Fiction / General
Book Weight:0.091 Kilograms
Author Biography
Jackson, Shirley (Author)
Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December, 14, 1919. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1940. Much of her writing was done during the years she was raising her children. She is best-known for the short story The Lottery, which was first published in 1948 and adapted for television in 1952 and into play form in 1953.

Her published works include articles, nonfiction prose, plays, poetry, seven novels, and fifty-five short stories. Her other works include Life among the Savages, Raising Demons, The Haunting of Hill House, which was adapted to film, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She died on August 8, 1965 at the age of 45.

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