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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" | |
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Short story by Flannery O'Connor | |
![]() The work's title was taken from the 1917 Eddie Green song that includes the lines "A good man is hard to find / You always get the other kind".[1] (1918 sheet music cover.) | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Southern Gothic, short story, dialogue |
Publication | |
Published in | Modern Writing I |
Publication type | Short story collection |
Publisher | Avon |
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Publication date | 1953 |
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit".[2]
The story remains the most anthologized and most well-known of all of O'Connor's works.[3]
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