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What Everyone Misunderstands About ‘The Lottery’

If you think you know Shirley Jackson’s tale, can you explain why the victim is a woman?

Title page and frontispiece of “The Lottery” / Credit: Suntup Editions

“The Lottery” is a story a lot of people think they know: a grim tale of a small town that annually stones to death a resident chosen in a random drawing. Some critics say it’s…