An Afternoon in the Woods
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"An Afternoon in the Woods" is a short story
by Flannery O'Connor
. It was published posthumously in 1988 in her Collected Works. It is the final version of The Turkey
and "The Capture" and was originally part of her 1947 master thesis and was going to be published in 1955 compilation, but was replaced with "Good County People." A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work.
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries...
. It was published posthumously in 1988 in her Collected Works. It is the final version of The Turkey
The Turkey
"The Turkey" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories and was published in Mademoiselle in 1948 as "The Capture." It later appeared in the 1971 collection...
and "The Capture" and was originally part of her 1947 master thesis and was going to be published in 1955 compilation, but was replaced with "Good County People." A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work.