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Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner'
Addie Bundren, a gravely ill mother of five--Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman--voices her wish to be laid to rest with her birth family in Jefferson, the capital of Yoknapatawpha County. William Faulkner examines the complexities of grief and i
'Between grief and nothing I will take grief' In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion, fleeing her husband and the temptations of respectability. In Mississippi ten years earlier,
A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his per
A complex, intense American novel of family from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature With an introduction by Richard Hughes Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the
This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkners elaborate descriptive syntax. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away
The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the De
Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner's finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase of its author's outstanding creative period. The chronicle of an elderly black farmer arrested for
William Faulkner's first novel is one of the most compelling works of American fiction to emerge from the First World War. A wounded veteran's homecoming is at the center of Faulkner's first novel. Badly scarred in body and mind, and unable to
"I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall." -William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying is F
William Faulkner's short story "The Bear" was first published in the May 9, 1942 issue of The Saturday Evening Post . The piece--considered one of the best short stories of the twentieth century--is a coming-of-age tale that weaves together
'Taylors edition is an invaluable resource for students and researchers. Faulkners own commentary, and that of leading historians and critics, will help readers sense the many historical and cultural tributaries converging in this great novel. The eco
Faulkners debut novel, Soldiers Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veterans homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers return from war on the peopleparticularly the womenwho
First published in 1929, William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" was not an immediate commercial or critical success. It was not until the publication of Faulkner's sixth novel, "Sanctuary", that readers broadly discovered
"Read, read, read. Read everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's
Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, the novel e
Saligheden står på spil, da et ungt og nyforelsket par flygter tværs over Amerika, bort fra både ægteskab, børn og dagligdag. Ti år tidligere står den ligeledes på spil, da en straffefange tvinges uden for fængslets fredsommelige mure, ud på en vild og ov
William Faulkners provocative and enigmatic 1929 novel, The Sound and the Fury, is widely acknowledged as one of the most important English-language novels of the twentieth century. This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition builds on the strengths
In this feverishly beautiful novel--originally titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem --William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating the other. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and a woman embark o
This title includes seven dramatic stories which reveal Faulkner's compassionate understanding of the Deep South. His characters are humble people who live out their lives within the same small circle of the earth, who die unrecorded. Their epitaphs m
With the Norton Critical Edition of Absalom, Absalom! , Susan Scott Parrish has set a new standard for studying Faulkners masterwork that will benefit both students and researchers in the decades to come. Situating this most difficult of novels in its his
The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servan
Michael Gorra approaches his second edition of As I Lay Dying with the scholarly care, attention, and intellectual suppleness typical of all his work. Not only does his introduction sparklenavigating us with ease and fluency through the history and signif
This is a collection of the very best of William Faulkners short stories. Included are classics of short-form fiction such as A Bear Hunt, A Rose for Emily, Two Soldiers and The Brooch. Faulkners ability to compress his epic vision into narratives of such
"I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing that, only then does he take up novel writing." --William Faul
Da jeg lå for døden er den rystende fortælling om familien Bundren og deres odysse gennem Mississippis landlige områder for at begrave Addie Bundren, deres mor og kone. Romanen er fortalt på skift af familiemedlemmerne også af Addie og af andre uden for
William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury is a masterpiece of modernist literature, renowned for its complexity and emotional depth . Set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, the novel delves into the turbulent world of the Compson fami
This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1929 text of The Sound and the Fury, corrected by textual scholar Noel Polk to correspond to Faulkners original complete manuscript. A reimagined preface, revised headnotes, and expanded footnotes by Michael Gorr
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time A beautifully repackaged edition of William Faulkner's classic novel that follows one family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury their beloved matriarch--wit
2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Faulkner's first novel, Soldiers' Pay, is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American modernist literature, a groundbreaking work in which William Faulkner reshaped the possibilities of the novel through stream-of-consciousness narration, fractured perspectives, and stark emo
Soldiers' Pay is the first novel published by the American author William Faulkner. It was originally published by Boni & Liveright on February 25, 1926. It is unclear if Soldiers' Pay is the first novel written by Faulkner. It is however the firs
A stunningly designed and produced new collectible hardcover edition of Faulkner's masterpiece, with full-color illustrations of scenes from the novel A classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely
From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner--also available are As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom , and Selected Short Stories Here, published in a single v
Et helt minut står flymekanikeren Jiggs foran vinduet ved herretøjsforretningen og ser på et par støvler. Men hvilket minut. Dette er romanens indledningsscene, og allerede her forstår vi, at den roman vi nu skal læse fungerer på en helt særligt svimlende
"As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner is a haunting and profoundly introspective masterpiece that delves into the complex depths of the human psyche. Set in the impoverished and rural American South during the early 20th century, this novel follo