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Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland

Carson McCullers

First published December 1941
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Mr. Brooks hires a music teacher who is very peculiar. He thinks she's a liar, for example when she says she's met the King of Finland. But maybe he's underestimating the oddness of the world.

Publications (3)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1941 The New Yorker, December 20, 1941 MAGAZINE
August 1980 50 Great American Short Stories Bantam Books Anthology 479
1986 The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection Houghton Mifflin Anthology 502