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Crab Apple Jelly is a 1944 short story collection by Frank O'Connor. 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, " best stories stir those facial muscles which, we are told, are the same for both laughing and weeping."

References

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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