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:
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[@thomaslayton2110]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Lets go!!!

[@charlesses2313]

who else is here for school ?

[@TheMariaMEEP]

yep

[@paigekeith4027]

me lol

[@TheScorpioHime]

Hahah... yes

[@conradlecroy5821]

Yep same here 🖐

[@boymeetworlf3433]

Community College

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.

[@swiftgirl97]

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.

[@stetzify6694]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Thank you for the kind words

[@timomeara508]

I love this story. Thanks for uploading it.

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Thanks for listening :)

[@MrTube7776]

Thank you for making this. Good job.

[@shakespearaamina9117]

Brilliant indeed! Thank you

[@JohnAllenRoyce]

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

[@matthewdavisisamazing7762]

Thanks you for your storytelling.

[@smittycity42]

This was delightful, thankyou.

[@meandmymom2004]

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

[@tubby4388]

NICE WORK!

[@limareacts9981]

This helped me a lot! Thank you!

[@KraussAudioBooks]

My pleasure

[@charliearmendariz6150]

Amazing job thank you

[@paulitagallardo9616]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Im glad you found it useful!

[@nightknight669]

Amazing reading !! , and great story choice

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Why thank you

[@robertplautz9722]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Such kind words. Thank you Robert

[@marinamelody7699]

You've helped me,thank you!

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Then I have accomplished my goal! So glad to help.

[@progressiveguy2007]

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

[@tyrel2338]

Definitely helpful

[@matiasrubio2579]

thank you for making english 102 easy

[@KraussAudioBooks]

My pleasure friend

[@chaseholmes9267]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

No I did not. I make no money from these videos so it is covered under fair use. However, this is an older story (as are many that I narrate) - and I dont know if you are legally allowed to narrate a newer story that still has an active copyright.

[@chaseholmes9267]

@@KraussAudioBooks so its totally fine so long as you don’t monetize?

[@KraussAudioBooks]

@@chaseholmes9267 yes. However, i do not know about newer works with active copyrights. This is an old story with an expired copyright.

[@elinsoncanales6634]

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

Answer: everything. And I never even been to the South. Did you listen to the story?

[@wmmercenary2810]

Thank You!

[@IamMathenge]

i love the accents!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@encieh68mostashri79]

Wonderful

[@lolichicken5373]

Who gave bro the pass?

[@nouhanouha6875]

Good 💕

[@rhea995]

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

[@skyeranddolf4958]

idk if u still need it but it's Tennessee

[@tayzatun6351]

Is this the entire book

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Yes

[@TheGreenarrow88]

I appreciate the effort. 5/10.

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Fair enough. Check out my newer work and let me know if you think I've improved

[@displaychicken]

A good comment is hard to find

[@ritawashere5787]

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 f****** 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!

[@nate2931]

17:06

[@Work-cc5fw]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Yeah my bad bro, I have improved the quality of my work im recent years.

[@curuvari2247]

What the fuck

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Shocked by the ending?

[@curuvari2247]

*Spoiler* @@KraussAudioBooks Slightly. How did we go from goofy family with insufferable children to depressed serial killer nihilist killing off the main characters, including a literal baby

[@KraussAudioBooks]

@@curuvari2247 **SPOILER ALERT ABOVE** That is part of why this story is a classic. In real life horrible things do happen on benign days, normal every day kind of days

[@curuvari2247]

@@KraussAudioBooks That's a good point. I just didn't expect a story with a turn like this to be homework for my seminar. Idk why, but it feels ... so very modern for some reason?

[@KraussAudioBooks]

@@curuvari2247 well I am glad that it had a lasting effect on you and Im glad you found this narration useful

[@veritas6335]

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

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Why dont you like the story? Perhaps it is beyond your level of comprehension? Many consider it to be a classic

[@michaelcoleman8156]

I appreciate you bro chill out with that n word tho

[@AloeVxra26]

hey, when you're reading literature, it doesn't make sense to censor :)

[@sawm4139]

Yup I agree with you, definitely should’ve skipped over it. I commented about this and so many people seemed against it...

[@liv1039]

@@sawm4139 you commented on this post a year ago and people disagreed yet you are clearly so offended that you’re still trying to argue to make a point the majority of people will still not agree with. If you dislike the use of the word, find a censored version of the audio. No one is stopping you from that. I’m sorry - but I think it’s just ridiculous to censor the story for the sake of a few peoples feelings. We need to accept that history was very different. We can’t pretend the word didn’t exist. I understand you don’t like it, but as you clearly can tell by the rebuttals on your comment, most people disagree with the censorship of literature. In the nicest way possible.. please get over it already.

[@sawm4139]

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!

[@jamericaneseme]

He did skip over it. He said ''little riggers.'' 😃

[@dharris4318]

@@jamericaneseme nahhh he said it, he may have skipped it once but he said it.

Yeah. It's integral to the story. People would rather strip a critique of it's meaning and power to fit in current cultural conformity. This tale is art. The use of the word is an important part of the the portray of this horrible lady.

[@Gorboduc]

Oh grow up.

[@sawm4139]

@@Gorboduc oh be quiet.

[@carolwalden7016]

I did not enjoy this book ot the reading and drinking water..awful

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Sorry Carol :/

[@bigboi6284]

I'm never gonna like books because of school know

[@veritas6335]

How unfortunate for you. That's how people end up Misfits.

[@manersbams9215]

The only thing I hate about this is that he keeps stopping to drink a sip of water seriously man edit you vids that shits irritating.

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Im sorry dawg. Ive gotten better about this

[@manersbams9215]

Is cool Bruh, just tossing some criticism. This is some real golden stuff I ain’t bashing your work to be a hater. It’s more of a personal pet peeve of mine then anything else, it honestly does bother me. If you get that fixed though this shit’s gonna be perfect.

[@KraussAudioBooks]

Yeah I completely understand I am not a fan of it either lol. With that said this video was a few years ago and I am not going to reupload now. Hope you'll check some of my newer narrations though.