A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Flannery O'Connor with Marguerite Gavin

8 hours • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging dark fast-paced

Description

This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writers to emerge from the South. Her apocalyptic vision of life is ex- pressed through grotesque, often comic situ- ations in which the principal charact...

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Moods

dark 91%
challenging 47%
reflective 39%
tense 38%
emotional 26%
sad 26%
mysterious 24%
funny 23%
adventurous 1%
hopeful 1%
informative 1%
inspiring 1%

Pace

medium 54%
slow 33%
fast 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 52% | A mix: 40% | N/A: 6% | Plot: 2%

Strong character development?

No: 38% | It's complicated: 28% | Yes: 21% | N/A: 11%

Loveable characters?

No: 75% | It's complicated: 24%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | Yes: 32% | It's complicated: 24% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 12% | N/A: 7%

Average rating

3.94

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