A Fine Old Firm
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"A Fine Old Firm" is one of the short stories included in Shirley Jackson’s collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, exemplifying her darkly ironic and psychologically incisive style.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Fine Old Firm canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublishedIn | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of everyday anxieties
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psychological characterization ⓘ use of irony ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfCollection | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
darkly ironic tone
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domestic realism with unsettling undertones ⓘ psychological insight ⓘ subtle horror elements ⓘ |
| workOf | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories