A good man is hard to find
Flannery O'Connor
Literary Fiction / Horror
A good man is hard to find
by Flannery O'Connor
—· 251 p· 1955
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canondarkhauntingphilosophicalreflective
Overview
About
The collection that established O’Connor’s reputation as one of the American masters of the short story. The volume contains the celebrated title story, a tale of the murderous fugitive The Misfit, as well as “The Displaced Person” and eight other stories.
Pages
251
Faber & Faber, Limited
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Southern Gothic Atmosphere10
Prose9
Religious Irony9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing7
Plot twists6
Worldbuilding4
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