Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” Read by Estelle Parsons

Hear Flan­nery O’Con­nor’s sto­ry “Every­thing that Ris­es Must Con­verge” read above by Acad­e­my Award-win­ning actress Estelle Par­sons, who became known in her lat­er years for play­ing an over­bear­ing moth­er like the story’s Mrs. Chest­ny in the TV sit­com Roseanne. The 1964 sto­ry appears in the short sto­ry col­lec­tion that shares the same name. You can find oth­er read­ings of Flan­nery O’Con­nor sto­ries here:

Look­ing for free, pro­fes­sion­al­ly-read audio books from Audible.com? Here’s a great, no-strings-attached deal. If you start a 30 day free tri­al with Audible.com, you can down­load two free audio books of your choice. Get more details on the offer here.

Sup­port Open Cul­ture

We’re hop­ing to rely on our loy­al read­ers rather than errat­ic ads. To sup­port Open Cul­ture’s edu­ca­tion­al mis­sion, please con­sid­er mak­ing a dona­tion. We accept Pay­Pal, Ven­mo (@openculture), Patre­on and Cryp­to! Please find all options here. We thank you!


Quantcast
Open Culture was founded by Dan Colman.