Afternoon in Linen

E725689
short story

"Afternoon in Linen" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of childhood, family tension, and social expectations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionAuthor Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1949 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationForm short story collection ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasSubject expectations placed on children ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
social performance ⓘ
includedIn The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Shirley Jackson short fiction corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistCharacteristic young girl ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Farrar, Straus and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting domestic setting ⓘ
middle-class American home ⓘ
theme adult hypocrisy ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
conformity ⓘ
embarrassment and shame ⓘ
family tension ⓘ
power dynamics within families ⓘ
social expectations ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
subtly unsettling ⓘ

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short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories" → hasPart → Afternoon in Linen ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lottery and Other Stories