The Lottery, and Other Stories Lib/E (Audiobook)

from eleanor_eader

This collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories is a subtle store of tension and under-played drama, absolutely enjoyable in small doses, and rather overwhelming when read straight through. I thought Jackson was a gifted storyteller in the 'gothic' tradition after reading both The Haunting of ...

from Feleciak

The Lottery Subtle/Eerie mix 4.5 stars Positioned in the center of town an annual (June 27th) lottery is held. Everyone has to attend. Each person takes a slip of paper from a black box. The person with a marked paper is the recipient of a rather unorthodox prize. The cheeriness and tone of the b...

from GingerbreadMan

I fell in love with Jackson's crisp, exact prose and dense ambience when I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle last year, and have been looking forward to reading more. I was not disappointed. This is brilliance. Jackson's sense of ever so slightly tilted everyday stories, beautifully compose...

from GingerbreadMan

I fell in love with Jackson's crisp, exact prose and dense ambience when I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle last year, and have been looking forward to reading more. I was not disappointed. This is brilliance. Jackson's sense of ever so slightly tilted everyday stories, beautifully compose...

from lauriebrown54

This is a collection of short stories, all rather grim. The Daemon Lover is James Harris in the story of that name, but he reappears in most of the later stories as different people of the same name. While Jackson is sometimes thought of as a horror writer because of 'The Lottery' and the novel '...