# The Lottery

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- Book: [The Lottery](https://www.bookquiver.com/shirley-jackson/the-lottery) ([The Lottery.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shirley-jackson/the-lottery.md))
- Authors: [Shirley Jackson](https://www.bookquiver.com/shirley-jackson)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4159-053-9
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2022-08-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.