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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 ...
Glimpses of Bengal. Includes 13 stories: The Fruit-Seller, The School Closes, A Resolve Accomplished, The Dumb Girl, The Wandering Guest, The Look Auspicious, A Study in Anatomy, The Landing Stairway, The Sentence, The Expiation, The Golden Mirage, The Trespass, The Hungry Stone. Short Stories. 1916.
The Suit (short story) " The Suit " is a short story by the South African writer Can Themba. [1] It was first published in 1963 in the inaugural issue of The Classic, [2] a South African literary journal founded by Nat Nakasa and Nadine Gordimer. [3] On publication, the story was banned by the apartheid regime. [4] ".
Drowning is a short play by María Irene Fornés. It was created as one of seven plays during the mid-1980’s based on short stories written by Anton Chekhov. [1] Fornés used his story as the framework upon which she built. Alongside Drowning Fornés also created her play Mud. Though both plays were not meant to be performed together, they ...
Collected Short Stories is a collection of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, published in 1957. The book consists of twenty stories compiled from five of Huxley's earlier collections (18 short stories and two novelettes) and one from his novel Crome Yellow. It was published by Harper & Row in the US and Chatto & Windus in the UK.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More is a 1977 short story collection by British author Roald Dahl. The seven stories are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of Dahl's other children's novels. The stories were written at varying times throughout his life.
Star (short story) " Star " ( Japanese: スタア, Hepburn: "Sutā") is a short story by Yukio Mishima. It was originally published in the November 1960 [1] issue of Gunzo, a literary magazine published by Kodansha. [2] It was later included alongside " Patriotism " and "Hyakuman'en senbei" ( 百万円煎餅) in the short story collection of ...
NBC Presents: Short Story is a half-hour American radio program offering dramatizations of contemporary American short stories that began on NBC on February 21, 1951, and ended on May 30, 1952. Broadcasting from Hollywood, the series premiered on February 21, 1951, on NBC with an adaptation of "Fifty Grand" by Ernest Hemingway.