
The Lottery, and Other Stories
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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Gabrielle de Cuir
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Kathe Mazur
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Stefan Rudnicki
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By:
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Shirley Jackson
A powerful collection of short stories by Shirley Jackson.
"The Lottery," one of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. "Powerful and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery" with 24 equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate her remarkable range - from the hilarious to the truly horrible - and power as a storyteller.
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Slow Burn
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WHAT A VOICE LINE UP
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Don’t Bother
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the tune
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heart breaking
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Feels unfinished
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Written in the 40s. Entertaining Still
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the stories turned out to be just great. they're from a certain historic era. they're like norman rockwell paintings in stories, or like the early roald dahl stories from his "kiss kiss" period. perhaps more simply written, keeping to the surface of the stories, with no overly complex layers of story-telling, or difficult words. the stories seem to have been written for a readership equally happy to be read these stories to at age 8 or 18 or even 88. i could easily see these stories becoming favourites of high school readers around age 15, not least because most of the stories reverberate with a certain uncanny element -- not horrible enough to frighten the reader reading the book alone in a house around midnight, but still making him or her shiver with a certain frisson. the world of the author would be utterly familiar to any american reader, and i could easily imagine any american comic artist illustrating these stories or reworking them into quietly unsettling weird tales. in short, i certainly plan to read everything else by this author that i can get my hands on. (later addition: and i did!)
terrific discovery
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Titles please!
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What did you love best about The Lottery, and Other Stories?
i love this writer! the pace of the story is unusually satisfying. a steady rhythm of words and ideas that thud, thud, thud, to make their story.Who was your favorite character and why?
i liked the general malaise of the "modern woman". whether she was a housewife or a career woman much of her life and joy and energy was slowly drained away. i liked that because it is true and holds up a mirror and knowledge is power to change things.What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
the narrator didn't get bogged down in so much dialogeWho was the most memorable character of The Lottery, and Other Stories and why?
the characters were very generic. it was their environment that was more memorable. there was almost a twighlight zone sketch drama about the stories.Any additional comments?
surprised to see they were written in the 1930-1940's, especially with the similarity to of the lottery story to the now popular story of "the hunger games."moody , intriguing , entertaining
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