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2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965, author.
Title:	The lottery and other stories / Shirley Jackson ; with an introduction by A. M. Homes.
Edition:	First Picador modern classics edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. ©1948
Description:	xxvii, 432 pages ; 15 cm
Summary:	Dark and nightmarish, Shirley Jackson's short stories represent a singular and ever-powerful genre unto themselves. "The Lottery" remains one of the most terrifying stories ever published--all the more so for its lucid, convincing realism--and one of the most controversial; it has become an essential classic of American fiction. This selection of Jackson's stories showcases a true master at the height of her haunting powers.
Subjects:	Horror tales, American.
Genre:	Short stories. Horror fiction.
Other Title:	Lottery, or, The adventures of James Harris
Notes:	"Author's original title: The lottery, or, The adventures of James Harris"--Copyright page.
Contents:	The intoxicated -- The Daemon lover -- Like mother used to make -- Trial by combat -- The villager -- My life with R.H. Macy -- The witch -- The renegade -- After you, my dear Alphonse -- Charles -- Afternoon in linen -- Flower garden -- Dorothy and my grandmother and the sailors -- Colloquy -- Elizabeth -- A fine old firm -- The dummy -- Seven types of ambiguity -- Come dance with me in Ireland -- Of course -- Pillar of salt -- Men with their big shoes -- The tooth -- Got a letter from Jimmy -- The lottery -- Epilogue.
ISBN:	1250239362 9781250239365
Other Number:	1076510804
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	821109
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Call Number:	FICTION Jackson

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