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"Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children." -- Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916 — August 8, 1965) was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale and Richard Matheson.

She is best known for the short story "The Lottery" (1948), which suggests a secret, sinister underside to bucolic small-town America. In her critical biography of Jackson, Lenemaja Friedman notes that when "The Lottery" was published in the June 26, 1948, issue of The New Yorker, it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received." Hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by, as Jackson put it, "bewilderment, speculation and old-fashioned abuse."

In the July 22, 1948, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle Jackson offered the following in response to persistent queries from her readers about her intentions:
Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.
Jackson's husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, wrote in his preface to a posthumous anthology of her work that "she consistently refused to be interviewed, to explain or promote her work in any fashion, or to take public stands and be the pundit of the Sunday supplements. She believed that her books would speak for her clearly enough over the years." Hyman insisted the darker aspects of Jackson's works were not, as some critics claimed, the product of "personal, even neurotic, fantasies," but that Jackson intended, as "a sensitive and faithful anatomy of our times, fitting symbols for our distressing world of the concentration camp and the Bomb," to mirror humanity's Cold War-era fears. Jackson may even have taken pleasure in the subversive impact of her work, as evidenced by Hyman's statement that she "was always proud that the Union of South Africa banned 'The Lottery,' and she felt that they at least understood the story".

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Total Books: 151
The Tooth
2011 - The Tooth [Penguin Mini Modern Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141195995
ISBN-10: 0141195991
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2010 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781441734280
ISBN-10: 1441734287
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Shirley Jackson Novels and Stories
2010 - Shirley Jackson Novels and Stories [Library of America] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781598530728
ISBN-10: 1598530720
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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The Haunting of Hill House
2008 - The Haunting of Hill House (Other)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9781439513200
ISBN-10: 1439513201
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The Lottery
2008 - The Lottery [Creative Short Stories] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781583415849
ISBN-10: 158341584X
Genres: Children's Books, Teens
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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Jacob Imagined
2007 - Jacob Imagined (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781425965617
ISBN-10: 142596561X
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Junior Great Books
2006 - Junior Great Books [Junior Great Books: Series 6] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781933147079
ISBN-10: 1933147075
Genre: Children's Books
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Letters and Sounds Activity
2006 - Letters and Sounds Activity (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781846461385
ISBN-10: 1846461383
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Selected Shorts Timeless Classics
2006 - Selected Shorts Timeless Classics [Selected Shorts series] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9780971921832
ISBN-10: 0971921830
Genres: Computers & Technology, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Let's Face It The Art  Science of Face Reading
2005 - Let's Face It the Art Science of Face Reading (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781890035488
ISBN-10: 1890035483
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The Lottery  And Other Stories
2005 - The Lottery and Other Stories (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780374529536
ISBN-10: 0374529531
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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Sleeping Beauty And Other Fairy Story Stickers
2004 - Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Story Stickers (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781405214087
ISBN-10: 1405214082
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Diwrnod Tic Toc Dechrau Ysgol
2004 - Diwrnod Tic Toc Dechrau Ysgol (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781855966420
ISBN-10: 1855966425
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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My Tick Tock Day
2003 - My Tick Tock Day [Start School S.] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781844220137
ISBN-10: 1844220133
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Ready for School
2003 - Ready for School [Start School] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781844220144
ISBN-10: 1844220141
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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2002 - The Haunting [Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
9 Magic Wishes
2001 - 9 Magic Wishes (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780374355258
ISBN-10: 0374355258
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories
2001 - Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories [The Great Author Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780970903334
ISBN-10: 0970903332
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Happy Family
2001 - Happy Family [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780721423777
ISBN-10: 0721423779
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Rollercoaster Ride
2001 - Rollercoaster Ride [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780721423807
ISBN-10: 0721423809
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Mystery Tour
2001 - Mystery Tour [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780721423814
ISBN-10: 0721423817
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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My Favourite Colour
2001 - My Favourite Colour [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780721423838
ISBN-10: 0721423833
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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2001 - My Mum Is Mad [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
2001 - Under the Sky [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
2001 - Whoops There Go My Trousers [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
2001 - Football Frenzy [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
2001 - School Photograph [Read with Ladybird] (Hardcover)
2001 - Famous Stories of Surprise [Lernmaterialien] (Paperback)
1998 - Stuck in the Mud [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)
1998 - Monkey Business [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)Hardcover
1998 - Little Too Late [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)
1998 - Tiger Clouds [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)
1998 - Monster Haircut [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)
1998 - Quiet Night Out [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)
1998 - Now It's Your Turn [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)Hardcover
1998 - Seaside Surprise [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)Hardcover
1998 - Off to School [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)Hardcover
1997 - My Dad Can't Dance [Read with Ladybird S.] (Hardcover)Hardcover
1997 - The Dark Descent [Dark Descent] (Paperback)Hardcover
 
1963 - L69 Witchcraft Salem [Landmark Books] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
Wasdag [Vlak a Boek 4] (Hardcover)
Charles [Tale Blazers] (Paperback)Hardcover
The Bird's Nest [The Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana] (Paperback)Hardcover
One Ordinary Day with Peanuts [Creative Short Stories] (Hardcover)Hardcover