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  • Published: 29 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241590539
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

The Lottery



Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.

  • Published: 29 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241590539
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

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Praise for The Lottery

An amazing writer ... if you haven't read any of her short stories ... you have missed out on something marvellous

Neil Gaiman

The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable

A. M. Homes

Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers...whose work exerts an enduring spell

Joyce Carol Oates