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A Circle in the Fire

Flannery O'Connor

First published 1955
Type Short Fiction

Mrs. Cope receives an unwelcome visit to her farm from the son of a former farmworker and his friends. Despite telling them that she owns everything, she can't get them to leave. Eventually they set fire to her woods.

First published in the Kenyon Review, Spring 1954.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1955 Cover A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Harcourt, Brace & Company Collection 130
October 1992 Cover A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Harcourt Brace Collection 127