A Set of Variations is a 1969 short story collection by Frank O'Connor. It was compiled shortly after the author's death by his widow, Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy, and includes the following stories: A Set of Variations on a Borrowed Theme (alternate title: Variations on a Theme) The American Wife The Impossible Marriage The Cheat The Weeping Children The Saint A Minority An Out-And-Out Free Gift Anchors Sue Music When Soft Voices Die A Life of Your Own The Corkerys A Story By Maupassant A Great Man The School For Wives Androcles and the Army Public Opinion The Party Achilles' Heel Lost Fatherlands The Wreath The Teacher's Mass The Martyr Requiem An Act of Charity The Mass Island A similar collection was published in the U.K. in 1969 as Collection Three. The stories included were slightly different, and Collection Three featured one story not included in A Set of Variations ("A Mother's Warning"). Source: Wikipedia (en)