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Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. His ...Show more
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage International Ser.
"Absalom, Absalom!is the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded pursuit of his grand design--to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830--which is ultimately destroyed (along with Sutpen himself) by his own sons. A century later, the fugure of Sutpen continues to haunt young Qu ...Show more
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage International Ser. | Reading Level: good
A true 20th-century classic: Faulkner’s famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of th ...Show more
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction
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 Deep South, Faulkner presents a portrait of extraor ...Show more
Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage classics
The story of a black who is unjustly charged with murder.
Knight's Gambit - The Restored Edition by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage International Ser.
Attorney Gavin Stevens, a wise and forbearing student of crime and a recurring character in William Faulkner's novels, plays the leading role in these six stories of violence. A man more interested in justice than in the Jaw. Stevens deploys his ingenious detective skills and his insight? into the folkw ...Show more
Light in August by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction
Nine spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics -- VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Light in August, a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorab ...Show more
Light in August by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
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 perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable tha ...Show more
Light in August by William Faulkner; C. E. Morgan (Foreword by); William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library 100 Best Novels Ser.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 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 perverted God- ...Show more
Reivers: a Reminscence by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction | Reading Level: General Adult
Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner
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Category: Fiction
Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason for Nancy's crime. The law takes its course; but justice, in Faulkner's sense, has been done.