The Lottery
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title:
The Lottery
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"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens. The lottery, its preparations, and its execution are all described in detail, though it is not revealed until the end what actually happens to the person selected by the random lottery: the selected
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1948 short story by Shirley Jackson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery
date created:
2004-09-30T07:41:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T02:22:45Z
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