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decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The Lottery - Controversial short story published in the New Yorker about a fictional American community which observes an annual stoning tradition

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The Lottery - Controversial short story published in the New Yorker about a fictional American community which observes an annual stoning tradition

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decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • lyam23@lemmy.world
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    Written by Shirley Jackson who also wrote We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House. All excellent.

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    “People … wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch.”

    😞

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    Did anyone have to read this in high school?

    • FollyDolly@lemmy.world
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      God yes, it was messed up.

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      I think we read it in 7th grade.

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