The Lottery
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| Originally published | June 26, 1948 |
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| Authors | Shirley Jackson |
| Genres | Fiction |
| Publishers | The New Yorker |
| Original language | English |
| Adaptations | The Lottery |
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| ID | 658963 |
About The Lottery
"The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson first published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. The story describes a fictional small town which observes an annual ritual known as "the lottery".
Stoke man who bought pool table with lottery winnings gets bronze medal
... Mr Jones said that before The Lottery win he had just £13 in his pocket and did not have enough money to get through Christmas...
Stoke lottery winner's pool table purchase key to England call-up
... 4m on The Lottery is now cueing up to represent England at the European Pool Championships...
Bradford: Upgrade work begins at viral zebra crossing
... Tahir Zeb, who recorded accidents on the crossing for several years as evidence to prompt safety improvements, said: " It s like winning The Lottery...
Dorking woman prompted by spiders to buy winning lottery ticket
... " She told her daughters, who were with her at the time: " I should do The Lottery...
Husband and wife in 'one in 22 million' kidney donor match
... Honestly, we had more chance of winning The Lottery...
Birmingham the luckiest place for Lottery players
... It said 205 millionaires had been created in the city since The Lottery began in 1994, an equivalent of one every seven weeks...
Cumbrian radio volunteer to meet hero Michael Ball
... " He kept everyone else going - this his dream come true, it s like winning The Lottery...
'We wish we could go back': Life in a war-torn Myanmar
... And longer road journeys now run The Lottery of military checkpoints...
