The Lottery and Other Stories (FSG Classics)
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About this book
One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century Shirley Jacksons The Lottery created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting " and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane. The Lottery and Other Stories the only collection of stories to appear during Shirley Jacksons lifetime unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual short stories. Together they demonstrate Jacksons remarkable rangefrom the hilarious to the horrible the unsettling to the ominousand her power as a storyteller.
