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This article is about the 1944 Frank O'Connor anthology. For jellies and jams made from crabapples, see apple sauce.

First UK edition

Crab Apple Jelly is a 1944 short story collection by Frank O'Connor.[1] It includes the following stories:

  • The Bridal Night
  • Old Fellows
  • The Grand Vizier's Daughters
  • Song Without Words
  • 'The Star That Bids The Shepherd Fold' (alternative title: The Shepherds)
  • The Long Road to Ummera
  • The Miser
  • The House That Johnny Built
  • The New Teacher (alternate title: The Cheapjack)
  • The Luceys
  • Uprooted
  • The Mad Lomasneys

According to the critic Richard Ellmann, "crab apple jelly" was O'Connor's description of the "sweet and tart mixture" he aimed for in his work generally. Ellmann adds, "[O'Connor's] best stories stir those facial muscles which, we are told, are the same for both laughing and weeping."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Frank O’Connor (1944). Crab Apple Jelly. London: Macmillan. New York. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Richard Ellmann. Introduction to Collected Stories, by Frank O'Connor. New York: Vintage, 1982. vii.


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