Crab Apple Jelly

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, "[O'Connor's] best stories stir those facial muscles which, we are told, are the same for both laughing and weeping."