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There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement Day"--sent to her publisher shortly before her death—is a brilliantly rewritten and transfigured version of "The Geranium." Taken together, these stories reveal…
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14 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 2009Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 555 pages · 9780374515362
- Hardcover · English · 1973Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 555 pages · 9780374626235
- Hardcover · English · 1971Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 555 pages · 9780374127527
- Other · English · 2025Complete Stories : (Centennial Edition)Picador · 592 pages · 9781250387455
- Other · English · 2009Flannery O'Connor Complete StoriesFaber & Faber, Limited · 576 pages · 9780571245789
- Other · English · 2009Flannery O'Connor Complete StoriesCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 358 pages · 9781449920722
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