John O'Hara

Critique • Works • Views and quotes

O'Hara, 1945

About the author

John O'Hara

Biographical details △

Born
Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1905

Died
Princeton, New Jersey, 1970

Place lived
United States: Pottsville, New York, Hollywood, Long Island and Princeton

Nationality
American

Forms of writing
Novels, novellas, stories, plays, essays, screenplays

Genres
Literary, satire, Bildungsroman

Writing language
English

Greatest lists △

Literature

• Appointment in Samarra (1934)

Novels

• Appointment in Samarra (1934)

Stories

• "Over the River and Through the Wood" (1934)

• "The Doctor's Son" (1935)

Related pages △

• Appointment in Samarra

• The Doctor's Son and Other Stories

Works published in book form

Appointment in Samarra, novel, 1934

The Doctor's Son and Other Stories, story collection, 1935

Includes "The Doctor's Son", "Mary", "Mr. Sidney Gainsborough: Quality Pictures", "Hotel Kid", "Dr. Wyeth's Son", "The Public Career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg", "In the Morning Sun", "It Must Have Been Spring", "Over the River and Through the Wood"

BUtterfield 8, novel, 1935

Hope of Heaven, story collection, 1938, stories added in London edition

First book appearance of Hope of Heaven, "Sidesaddle", "Saffercisco", "Price's Always Open", "Can You Carry Me?", "Lunch Tuesday", "The Cold House", "Days", "Are We Leaving Tomorrow?", "The Gentleman in the Tan Suit", "Most Gorgeous Thing", "I Could Have Had a Yacht", "Ice Cream", "Brother"

Files On Parade, story collection, 1939

Includes "Trouble in 1949", "No Mistakes", "Richard Wagner: Public Domain?", "Invite", "The Ideal Man", "Do You Like It Here?"

Pal Joey, novella, 1940

Pipe Night, story collection, 1945

Includes "Walter T. Carriman", "Now We Know", "Too Young", "Summer's Day", "Radio", "The King of the Desert", "Bread Alone", "Patriotism", "A Respectable Place", "The Magical Numbers", "Graven Image", "Adventure on the Set", "Fire!", "The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season", "Where's the Game?", "Mrs. Whitman"

Hellbox, story collection, 1947

First book appearance of "Pardner", "War Aims", "Secret Meeting", "Drawing Room B", "The Decision", "Everything Satisfactory", "The Moccasins", "Doctor and Mrs. Parsons", "Other Women's Households", "A Phase of Life"

A Rage to Live, novel, 1949

The Farmer's Hotel, novel, 1951

Sweet and Sour, column collection, 1953

Ten North Frederick, novel, 1955

A Family Party, novel, 1956

From the Terrace, novel, 1958

Sermons and Soda-water, novella collection, 1960

Includes The Girl on the Baggage Truck, Imagine Kissing Pete, and We're Friends Again

Ourselves to Know, novel, 1960

Assembly, story collection, 1961

Includes "Mrs. Stratton of Oak Knoll", "The Pioneer Hep-Cat", "The Girl from California", "You Can Always Tell Newark", "Mary and Norma", "The Cellar Domain", "In a Grove", "A Case History"

Five Plays, play collection, 1961

Includes The Farmers Hotel, The Searching Sun, The Champagne Pool, Veronique, The Way It Was

The Big Laugh, novel, 1962

The Cape Cod Lighter, story collection, 1962

Includes "The Bucket of Blood", "Claude Emerson, Reporter", "The First Day", "Judge Dulrumple", "Money", "Pat Collins", "Winter Dance", "Your Fah Neefah Neeface"

Elizabeth Appleton, novel, 1963

The Hat on the Bed, story collection, 1963

Includes "Agatha", "Aunt Anna", "Eminent Domain", "Exterior: with Figure", "The Flatted Saxophone", "The Friends of Miss Julia", "The Glendale People", "The Locomobile", "The Manager", "The Man on the Tractor", "the Mayor", "Ninety Minutes Away", "Yucca Knolls"

The Horse Knows the Way, story collection, 1964

Includes "All Tied Up", "The Answer Depends", "At the Window", "Aunt Fran", "The Bonfire", "Clayton Bunter", "The Hardware Man", "The House on the Corner", "The Madeline Wherry Case", "The Victim", "What's the Good of Knowing?", "Zero"

The Lockwood Concern, novel, 1964

Waiting for Winter, story collection, 1966

Includes "Afternoon Waltz", "Andrea", "Fatimas and Kisses", "Flight", "The Gambler", "The General", "A Good Location", "James Francis and the Star", "Natica Jackson", "The Neighbourhood", "The Way to Majorca", "Yostie"

My Turn, column collection

The Instrument, novel, 1967

And Other Stories, story collection, 1968

Includes "Barred", "The Farmer", "A Few Trips and Some Poetry", "The Gangster", "How Old, How Young", "We'll Have Fun"

Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story, novel, 1969

The Ewings, novel, 1970

The Second Ewings, novel, 1972

The Time Element and Other Stories, story collection, 1972

Includes "The Lady Takes an Interest", "Eileen", "The Industry and the Professor"

Good Samaritan and Other Stories, story collection, 1974

Includes "The Sun Room", "Malibu from the Sky", "Christmas Poem"

An Artist Is His Own Fault: John O'Hara on Writers and Writing, essay collection, 1976