num_pages: 194
description: Hulda Hansen awaits the return of her betrothed, Ole Kamp, who promised her great fortune after his voyage aboard the fishing boat, Viking. When the Viking fails to return and is feared lost, a bottle is found with a note for Hulda and a lottery ticket, numbered 9672. News of the tragedy spreads, along with Hulda's possible riches from the lottery ticket, whose drawing day grows near.Includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer.
language: English
title: The Lottery Ticket
titlecomplete: The Lottery Ticket
genres: Speculative Fiction, French Literature, Short Stories, 19th Century, Classics, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adventure, France
ratings_count: 721
publisher: Wildside Press