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Works by Shirley Jackson (Study Guide): Novels by Shirley Jackson, Short Stories by Shirley Jackson, Short Story Collections by Shirley Jackson
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-05.
ISBN 9781158060689
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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by Shirley Jackson, Short Stories by Shirley Jackson, Short Story Collections by Shirley Jackson, the Lottery, the Sundial, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the Haunting of Hill House, Life Among the Savages, Charles, the Lottery and Other Stories. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "The Lottery" is a classic short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 26, 1948, issue of The New Yorker. The magazine and Jackson herself were surprised by the highly negative reader response. Many readers cancelled their subscriptions, and hate mail continued to arrive throughout the summer. The story was banned in the Union of South Africa. Since then, it has been accepted as a classic American short story, subject to many critical interpretations and media adaptations, and it has been taught in schools for decades. The story contrasts details of contemporary small town American life with an annual ritual known as "the lottery". In a small village of about 300 residents, the locals are in a strange and nervous mood on 27 June. Children gather up stones as the adult townsfolk assemble for their annual event, that in the local tradition has been practiced to ensure a good harvest. In the first round of the lottery, the head of each family draws a small slip of paper; Bill Hutchinson gets the one slip with a black spot, meaning that his family has been chosen. In the next round, each Hutchinson family member draws a slip, and Bill's wife Tessie who had arrived late gets the marked slip. In keeping with tradition, which has been abandoned in other neighboring communities, Tessie is then stoned to death by everyone present as a sacrifice, all the while protesting about the fairness of the lottery. Many readers demanded an explanation of the situat...http://booksllc.net/?l=en
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