''The Complete Stories'' is a collection of short stories by

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often ...

. It was published in 1971 by

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. It comprises all the stories in ''

A Good Man Is Hard to Find ''A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories'' (published in the United Kingdom as ''The Artificial Nigger and Other Tales'') is a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor. The collection was first published in 1955. The ...

'' and ''

Everything That Rises Must Converge ''Everything That Rises Must Converge'' is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life. The collection's eponymous story derives its name from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The collecti ...

'' plus several previously unavailable stories. ''Complete Stories'' won the 1972 U.S.

National Book Award for Fiction The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987 the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, but ...

."National Book Awards – 1972"

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. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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The Geranium "The Geranium" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It was first published in ''Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature'' in 1946 and is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis ''The Geranium ...

" *" The Barber" *"

Wildcat The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while the ...

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The Crop ''The Crop'' is a 2004 Australian comedy film set during the 1980s. Plot ''The Crop'', is set in the early 1980s in Australia, and is about larrikin nightclub owner, Ronnie 'Blade' Gillette (George Elliot), and his barmaid girlfriend Geraldine ...

" *" The Turkey" *" The Train" *"

The Peeler "The Peeler" is a short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It was first published in ''Partisan Review ''Partisan Review'' (''PR'') was a small-circulation quarterly "little magazine" dealing with literature, politics, and cultur ...

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The Heart of the Park ''The Heart of the Park'' is a short story written by Flannery O'Connor. Background "The Heart of the Park" was originally published in the February 1949 issue of ''Partisan Review''. It was not collected in either of O'Connor's collections of ...

" *" A Stroke of Good Fortune" *" Enoch and the Gorilla" *"

" *" A Late Encounter with the Enemy" *" The Life You Save May Be Your Own" *" The River" *"

A Circle in the Fire "A Circle in the Fire" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was written in 1954 and published in 1955 in her short story collection ''A Good Man is Hard to Find''. A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work. ...

" *" The Displaced Person" *" A Temple of the Holy Ghost" *" The Artificial Nigger" *"

Good Country People "Good Country People" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was published in 1955 in her short story collection ''A Good Man Is Hard to Find''. A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work. Many considered this to ...

" *" You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" *" Greenleaf" *" A View of the Woods" *" The Enduring Chill" *" The Comforts of Home" *"

" *" The Partridge Festival" *"

The Lame Shall Enter First "The Lame Shall Enter First" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It appeared first in ''The Sewanee Review'' in 1962 and was published in 1965 in her short story collection ''Everything That Rises Must Converge''. O'Connor finished the collect ...

" *" Why Do the Heathen Rage?" *"

Revelation In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities. Background Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...

" *" Parker's Back" *"

Judgment Day The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

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