The Lottery

Summary

The Lottery is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Lottery authored Shirley Jackson^[3].
• The Lottery's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• The Lottery's publisher is recorded as The New Yorker^[5].
• The Lottery's genre is recorded as speculative fiction^[6].
• The Lottery's genre is recorded as horror literature^[7].
• The Lottery's language of work or name is recorded as English^[8].
• The Lottery's country of origin is recorded as United States^[9].
• The Lottery's publication date is recorded as +1948-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• The Lottery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_p14^[11].
• The Lottery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qg4w8^[12].
• The Lottery's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3171085W^[13].
• The Lottery's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 15172905^[14].
• The Lottery's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 41194^[15].
• The Lottery's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Lottery^[16].
• The Lottery's published in is recorded as The Lottery and Other Stories^[17].
• The Lottery's published in is recorded as Best Horror Stories 3^[18].
• The Lottery's published in is recorded as Stories for the Dead of Night^[19].
• The Lottery's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Lottery'}^[20].
• The Lottery's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 46000^[21].
• The Lottery's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Literature/TheLottery^[22].
• The Lottery's FantLab work ID is recorded as 74483^[23].
• The Lottery's form of creative work is recorded as short story^[24].

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Works and Contributions

The Lottery authored Shirley Jackson^[3].

Why It Matters

The Lottery ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]