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The Faulkner Reader

by William Faulkner · 1954

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Contains:

Nobel Prize address. —

The sound and the fury. —

The bear (Go down, Moses). —

Old man (The wild palms). —

Spotted horses (The hamlet). —

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A rose for Emily

Barn burning

Dry September. —

That evening sun

Turnabout. —

Shingles for the Lord. —

A justice. —

Wash

An odor of verbena (The unvanquished). —

Percy Grimm (Light in August). —

The courthouse (Requiem for a nun)

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisJeffersonJeffersonMore like thisLess of thisMississippiMississippiMore like thisLess of thisYoknapatawpha CountyYoknapatawpha CountyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 682 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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