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