Crab Apple Jelly
# 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."

