The Violent Bear It Away
by O'Connor, Flannery
The Violent Bear It Away is a novel published in 1960 by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter of the novel was published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead," in the journal New World Writing, volume 8 in October 1955. It is the story of Francis Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape his destiny: the life of a prophet.
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The Violent Bear it Away.
by O'CONNOR, Flannery.
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Louis Dollarhide in appreciation - Flannery O'Connor, Millidgeville, April 8, 1960". Inserted is O'Connor's calling card on which she has written "I took the liberty of correcting the typographical error on page 242, FOC". On page 242 she… Read more
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The Violent Bear It Away.
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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, [1960]. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed red boards in dust jacket.. A near fine copy in a good to very good jacket with a number of tape reinforcements to verso.. 8vo,. Signed by O'Connor on the half-title.
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The Violent Bear It Away
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A fine, bright copy in fine crisp and bright dust jacket. Author's third book, and last published in her lifetime. Rarely encountered in this condition.
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VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY - SIGNED FIRST ED
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THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY
by O'CONNOR, FLANNERY
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NEW YORK NY: FARRAR, STRAUS, AND CUDAHY. NF/VG. 1960. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: AUTHOR'S THIRD BOOK/"FIRST EDITION" NOT STATED ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE. ISBN: AS IS THE CASE WITH THIS TITLE. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS WITH WEAR, SHORT TEARS,AND SHALLOW SURFACE CHIPS AT THE SPINE TOP, A ONE INCH TEAR AT THE TOP OFTHE FRONT… Read more
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London: Longmans, 1960. First UK edition, first impression, scarcer than the first US edition, which preceded the UK edition by a few months. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, small mark to front panel. An excellent copy in an exceptionally bright jacket.
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The Violent Bear It Away
by O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964)
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Violent Bear It Away.
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E-220: Farrar Straus & Cudahy. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar, Straus, & Cudahy, New York, 1960. 242 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Milton Glaser DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is lightly shelfworn to the edges of the DJ). Bound in cloth… Read more
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The Violent Bear It Away
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 8vo (20 x 14 cm). 243 pp. Red marbled paper covers, grey cloth spine with white titles. Top edge gray. Fading and light wear to head/tail of spine, lower right corner of upper cover bumped. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with wear to… Read more
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The Violent Bear It Away.
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The Violent Bear It Away
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The first British edition of O'Connor's second and final novel, an exploration of the conflicts between spirtual and secular worlds, and one of the touchstones of Southern Gothic literature. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5.5 in.); 243pp.; orange textured-paper boards, in dust jacket. Bumping to… Read more
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by OConnor, Flannery
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The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
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The Violent Bear It Away
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by Flannery O'Connor
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The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
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The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
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by O'CONNOR, FLANNERY
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The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2007. Paper Back. New. Flannery O'Connor wrote two novels, this being her second and last. Even before we find the title page, she begins her mysterious assault: ''From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away'' (Matthew 11:12). This spare and… Read more
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Paperback. new. Author: Flannery O'Connor| Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux| Publication Date: June 12, 2007| Number of Pages: 256 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 0374530874| ISBN-13: 9780374530877
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The Violent Bear it Away
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The Violent Bear it Away
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1961 Signet first printing.
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