Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Flannery O'Connor
Born: March 25, 1925
Died: August 3, 1964 (aged 39)
Bio: Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, she wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.
Known for:
- Wise Blood (1952)
- The Complete Stories
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- The Violent Bear It Away (1960)
- The Habit of Being
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