A quote from Shirley Jackson, on the response to her 1948 short story The Lottery (via joshishollywood)

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Curiously, there are three main themes which dominate the letters of that first summer — three themes which might be identified as bewilderment, speculation and plain old-fashioned abuse. In the years since then, during which the story has been anthologized, dramatized, televised, and even — in one completely mystifying transformation — made into a ballet, the tenor of letters I receive has changed. I am addressed more politely, as a rule, and the letters largely confine themselves to questions like what does this story mean? The general tone of the early letters, however, was a kind of wide-eyed, shocked innocence. People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant; what they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch.
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  4. pflugerville said: Have you read The Haunting of Hill House by her? It’s also quite good, though I still like The Lottery better.
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