The Life You Save May Be Your Own - a reading of Flannery O'Connor

December 20, 2020

The Life You Save May Be Your Own - a reading of Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor published this short story in 1955 in the collection of stories, A Good Man is Hard to Find. It still is one of the better examples of the Southern Gothic style of writing.

"The life you save may be your own."

Reflections on this story.

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