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Charles (short Story)
"Charles" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in '' Mademoiselle'' in July 1948. It was later included in her 1949 collection, '' The Lottery and Other Stories'', and her 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ... novel, '' Life Among the Savages''. Plot summary A mother laments that her son, Laurie, is growing up as he begins attending kindergarten. She notes changes in his behavior: He does not want to wear corduroy overalls anymore, no longer waves goodbye to her, slams the door when he comes home, and speaks insolently to his father. During lunchtime conversations, Laurie begins telling his parents about an ill-behaved boy in his class named Charles, who frequently misbehaves. Though fascinated by the boy, the mother wonders if Charles' bad influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories. Born in San Francisco, California, Jackson attended Syracuse University in New York, where she became involved with the university's literary magazine and met her future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. After they graduated, the couple moved to New York City and began contributing to ''The New Yorker,'' with Jackson as a fiction writer and Hyman as a contributor to "Talk of the Town". The couple settled in North Bennington, Vermont, in 1945, after the birth of their first child, when Hyman joined the faculty of Bennington College. After publishing her debut novel, '' The Road Through the Wall'' (1948), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood in California, Jackson gained significant public attention for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle (magazine)
''Mademoiselle'' was a women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street & Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications. ''Mademoiselle'', primarily a fashion magazine, was also known for publishing short stories by popular authors including Truman Capote, Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, Sylvia Plath, Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Jane Smiley, Mary Gordon, Paul Theroux, Sue Miller, Barbara Kingsolver, Perri Klass, Michael Chabon, Mona Simpson, Alice Munro, Harold Brodkey, Pam Houston, Jean Stafford, and Susan Minot. Julia Cameron was a frequent columnist. The art director was Barbara Kruger, then it was Cipe Pineles who became it from 1961. In 1952, Sylvia Plath's short story "Sunday at the Mintons" won first prize and $500, as well as publication in the magazine. Her experiences during the summer of 1953 as a guest editor at ''Mademoiselle'' provided the basis for her novel, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1949. Events *January 11 – Bertolt Brecht's play ''Mother Courage and Her Children (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder)'', 1939, is first performed in Germany, at the Deutsches Theater (Berlin), Deutsches Theater in East Berlin, with his wife Helene Weigel in the title role and staged with his ''Verfremdungseffekt'' ("distancing effect"). This marks the origin of the Berliner Ensemble. *January 19 – The Poe Toaster first appears, at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. *January 31 – ''Late Night Serial'', a pilot for the U.K. radio series ''Book at Bedtime'', begins on the BBC Light Programme with a reading of John Buchan's novel ''The Three Hostages''. *February – Théâtre du Rideau Vert, the first professional French language, French-language theatre in Canada, gives its first performance. *February 10 – Arthur Miller's tragedy ''Death of a Salesman'' opens at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery And Other Stories
''The Lottery and Other Stories'' is a 1949 short story collection by American author Shirley Jackson. Published by Farrar, Straus, it includes "The Lottery" and 24 other stories. This was the only collection of her stories to appear during her lifetime. Her later posthumous collections were ''Come Along with Me'' (Viking, 1968), edited by Stanley Edgar Hyman, and ''Just an Ordinary Day'' (Bantam, 1995) and ''Let Me Tell You'' (Random House, 2015), edited by her children Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart. Jackson's original title for this collection was ''The Lottery or, The Adventures of James Harris''. Characters named James Harris appear in the stories "The Daemon Lover", "Like Mother Used to Make", "Elizabeth" and "Of Course." Other characters with the surname Harris appear or are referenced in "The Villager", "The Renegade", "Flower Garden", "A Fine Old Firm" and "Seven Types of Ambiguity." The collection also contains a short excerpt from the traditional ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1953. Events *January 5 – ''Waiting For Godot'', a play by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, has its first public stage performance, in French as ''En attendant Godot'', at the in Paris. Beckett's novel '' The Unnamable'' is also published in French this year. *January 22 – ''The Crucible'', a historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism, opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre. *February 19 – The State of Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States. *April 13 – The face of popular literature changes with the publication of Ian Fleming's novel '' Casino Royale'', introducing the British spy character James Bond. *May – The semi-autobiographical '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'' by James Baldwin is published. In 2001, it will be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editors of the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Among The Savages
''Life Among the Savages'' is a 1953 memoir by American writer Shirley Jackson. The book contains fictionalized stories based on Jackson's own life with her husband and four children. Many of these stories were originally published in women's magazines. Jackson edited these short stories into a book that chronicles a family and their experience living in a small town in Vermont. ''Life Among the Savages'' received positive reviews applauding the hilarious description of domestic life. ''Life Among the Savages'' was originally published by Farrar, Straus and Young in 1953. The book was reissued by Penguin Books in 2015. Background ''Life Among the Savages'' is a collection of short stories Jackson wrote about her life that she edited into book form. Many of these stories were originally published in women's magazines such as ''Good Housekeeping'', ''Woman's Home Companion'', and '' Mademoiselle''. ''Life Among the Savages'' is based on Jackson's own life with her husband and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profanity
Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally word taboo, offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion (such as anger, excitement, or surprise), as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy. In many formal or polite social situations, it is considered impolite (a violation of social norms), and in some religious groups it is considered a sin. Profanity includes pejorative, slurs, but most profanities are not slurs, and there are many insults that do not use swear words. Swear words can be discussed or even sometimes used for the same purpose without causing offense or being considered impolite if they are obscured (e.g. "fuck" becomes "f***" or "the f-word") or substituted with a minced oath like "flip". Etymology and definitions Profanity may be described as offensive language, dirty words, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washing Out The Mouth With Soap
Washing out the mouth with soap is a traditional form of physical punishment that consists of placing soap, or a similar cleaning agent, inside a person's mouth so that the person will taste it, inducing what most people consider an unpleasant experience. This form of punishment was especially common in the United States and United Kingdom from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century. Washing out the mouth with soap is most often used as a response to profanity, lying, biting, tobacco use, or verbal disrespect. It functions both as a symbolic "cleansing" following the infraction and as a deterrent, due to the foul aftertaste. It is commonly used as child discipline or school discipline, and is more frequently employed by mothers than fathers. This punishment still has advocates today, even though its use has diminished considerably in recent years in favour of discipline methods that are not considered violent or humiliating. Additionally, ingestion of soaps and detergent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery
"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in ''The New Yorker'' on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens. The lottery, its preparations, and its execution are all described in detail, though it is not revealed until the end what actually happens to the person selected by the random lottery: the selected member of the community is stoned to death by the other townspeople. Jackson and ''The New Yorker'' were both surprised by the initial negative response from readers; subscriptions were canceled and large amounts of hate mail were sent throughout the summer of its first publication, with Jackson receiving at least 10 letters per day. The Union of South Africa banned because some parts of Africa used stoning as a punishment. The story has been dramatized several times, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Short Stories
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – British rule in Burma, Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the 'Post-independence Burma (1948–1962), Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories By Shirley Jackson
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