"The Good Corn."

A tale of a childless farming couple, the wife's emotional breakdown at the death of a calf, the husband's weakness in sleeping with a hired girl, and their loving reconciliation as they adopt her baby. In Argosy (October 1955), The Daffodil Sky (1955), Seven by Five/The Best of H.E. Bates (1963), The Good Corn and Other Stories (1974).

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ID: 
b221
Title: 
"The Good Corn."
Genre: 
Story
Page Count: 
17
Word Count: 
ca. 4700
Publisher: 
Argosy
Year of Publication: 
1955
Topic: 
Adultery
Marriage
Rural Living
Document Type: 
Full-text Online