A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor (Audiobook)

Couldn't find a version of this story with southern accents so I took my shot at it. Hope you enjoy and take something away from this story.
From Wikipedia:
The story was first published in 1953 in the anthology The Avon Book of Modern Writing.[1] In 1960, it was collected in the anthology The House of Fiction, published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Because of its publication in many anthologies, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" became one of O'Connor's best known works.[2]

Read along PDF:

[thomaslayton]

You have no idea how convenient it is to have an audio of something you're writing an essay about. Thankyou Krauss.

Probably the best American short story ever. The genius of the conclusion is mesmerizing. Flannery packed so much subtext into the exchange between the grandmother and the Misfit. The grandmother's hypocrisy, self-entitlement and futility made clear by a touch comparable to a snake's bite. She never had a clue about life and about the things she pretended to care the most. Ended up taking her emptiness to unbearable proportions by her last gesture. Total wooden faced religious dissimulation. Shot on spot. Hate that lady.

The age dynamics and social and cultural gap are perfectly investigated during the whole family's ordeal.

Misfit killed a baby. That's terribly grimy. The family was unequipped in every aspect to deal with the darkness of life outside their illusory place of comfort and security.

Great thing Flannery achieved by making the Misfit utterly unlikeable. Not a romantized anti-hero. A full blown monster, despite his efforts to believe and portray himself as a decent man. Only someone as stupid as the lady would identify with him. That's the ultimate tragedy of the tale. A complete existencial tragedy.

Love it.

[swiftgirl]

Lovely job with the southern accent - especially Grandma 👵

[RichardDominguezTheMagicIsReal]

I enjoyed your reading of this short. I'm here because I am currently reading Dean Koontz's book Relentless and the main character mentions he is reading it, so as is my habit I did a side read/listen to get a full idea of the Koontz character.

[stetzify]

Great job, Krauss! The voice acting was awesome! Man, what a tragic story. You really have caught my attention throughout the narration. Well done.

[timomeara]

I love this story. Thanks for uploading it.

[JohnAllenRoyce]

Great job, enjoyed it immensely ... thank you!

[meandmymom]

I totally cracked up at 4:20 !! Good job!!

[paulitagallardo]

I didn't have time to read the book and this video saved me, thank you!!!

[nightknight]

Amazing reading !!, and great story choice

[robertplautz]

great read with consistency! thank you. I think you should drawl Hy-rum. otherwise PERFECT! super

[elinsoncanales]

I don´t get what does this story has to do with ¨the culture of The Old South¨ can anyone help?

[chaseholmes]

Did you have to get permission to read this on YT ? Just wondering

[progressiveguy]

There's a recording of O'Connor reading this. She had a Southern accent,

[rhea]

Someone tell me where the grandma wanted to go I forgot please 😭

[ritawashere]

At 6:23 the grandmother referred to a little boy in a doorway of a check as a pickaninny. I immediately thought of my birth mother. Especially when she said about him not having pants that he probably didn't have any.
I was giving my birth mother a ride and a black man was riding his bicycle. This was in Florida LOL she said look at that n word riding a bike he probably stole the thing.
My birth mother was a Prejudice piece of s***!
My therapist learned all about her. SMH.
It's as if the author knew her!

[Work-ccfw]

This is such a great story although, Bro, I can forgive reading mistakes and whatnot but the constant drinking sounds are hideous to my ears and too much

[veritas]

Horrible story. By the way, Hiram is pronounced Hai-rum, with a long i. It's not "Heer-um."

[michaelcoleman]

I appreciate you bro chill out with that n word tho

[sawm]

Why did you say the n-word, you could have skipped over it or just said "n-word". Keep that in mind for next time!