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Flags in the Dust

by William Faulkner · 1973 · 448 pages

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The complete text of Faulkner's third novel, published for the first time in 1973, appeared with his reluctant consent in a much cut version in 1929 as SARTORIS.

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Genre
literary fictionhistorical fictionwar and military
Themes
gothic
Setting
american southUSAcollege
Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages

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