A boy returns home the first few weeks of kindergarten recounting to his parents anecdotes of a classmate named Charles, who repeatedly gets into trouble for misbehaving. The mother is concerned her son will pick up bad habits, and is anxious to make the acquaintance of Charles's mother.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1948 | Mademoiselle, July 1948 | MAGAZINE | |||
| April 1949 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Farrar, Straus | Collection | 91 |
| 1950 | The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Gollancz | Collection | |10 | |
| January 1950 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris, Demon Lover | Lion Books | Collection | 73 |
| 1960 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 70 |
| 1960 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 70 |
| September 1963 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 166 |
| November 1963 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 166 |
| November 1965 |
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The Lottery | Avon | Collection | 70 |
| 1967 |
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The Lottery | Avon | Collection | 70 |
| 1968 |
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The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages | Doubleday | Anthology | 123 |
| January 1969 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 166 | |
| March 1969 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 70 |
| March 1969 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 166 |
| 1970 | The Lottery | Popular Library | Collection | ||
| May 1971 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Bard / Avon Books | Collection | 70 |
| December 1972 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 166 |
| 1975 |
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The Lottery | Popular Library | Collection | 70 |
| January 1975 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 166 |
| 1976 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Caedmon | Collection | |4 |
| 1980 |
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La loterie | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Collection | 70 |
| 1980 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Robert Bentley | Collection | 91 |
| 1982 | The Lottery and Other Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Collection | |10 | |
| 1982 |
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Fantasy | John Murray | Anthology | 14 |
| August 1983 | 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature | Bantam Books | Anthology | 156 | |
| 1984 |
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Mischief-Makers | Collins Educational | Anthology | 1 |
| July 1988 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Caedmon | Collection | |4 |
| August 1988 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover | Robinson | Collection | 70 |
| 1989 |
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Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten | Diogenes | Collection | 112 |
| 1991 |
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Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten | Diogenes | Collection | 112 |
| February 1991 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Quality Paperback Book Club | Omnibus | |10 |
| April 1994 |
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La loterie | Presses Pocket | Collection | 70 |
| June 1996 |
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The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson | Raven Books / Robinson Publishing | Omnibus | 67 |
| July 2000 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Modern Library | Collection | 86 |
| March 2005 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Collection | 91 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |10 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |10 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| May 2010 |
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Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories | The Library of America | Omnibus | 73 |
| February 2011 |
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The Tooth | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| February 2011 |
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The Tooth | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| September 2019 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Picador USA | Collection | |
| October 2020 |
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The Shirley Jackson Collection | The Library of America | Omnibus | 73 |