Flannery O'Connor






Flannery O'Connor

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born
March 25, 1925

died
August 03, 1964

gender
female

place of birth
Baldwin County, Georgia, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction


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Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.





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avg rating: 4.30 | 16,922 ratings | 1,499 reviews | 32 distinct works | 187 fans
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and... A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.33 — 3,640 ratings — published 1955
16 editions
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.53 — 3,375 ratings — published 1971
15 editions
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Wise Blood: A Novel Wise Blood: A Novel
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 3.95 — 2,638 ratings — published 1949
10 editions
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Everything That Rises Must Con... Everything That Rises Must Converge
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.36 — 2,009 ratings — published 1965
9 editions
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The Violent Bear It Away: A No... The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.13 — 1,137 ratings — published 1960
6 editions
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Flannery O'Connor : Collected... Flannery O'Connor : Collected Works : Wise Blood / A Good Man Is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear It Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays & Letters
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.58 — 743 ratings — published 1988
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Mystery and Manners: Occasiona... Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.27 — 541 ratings — published 1969
3 editions
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Three by Flannery O'Connor Three by Flannery O'Connor
by Flannery O'Connor
avg rating 4.21 — 481 ratings — published 1962
13 editions
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The Habit of Being: Letters of... The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
by Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald (Editor)
avg rating 4.36 — 371 ratings — published 1980
4 editions
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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
by Flannery O'Connor, Frederick Asals (Editor)
avg rating 3.62 — 13 ratings — published 1993
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"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
Flannery O'Connor
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"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Flannery O'Connor
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"Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it."
Flannery O'Connor (Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose)
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