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1	As I Lay Dying more books like this by William Faulkner William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING was published in 1930, exactly a year after THE SOUND AND THE FURY. A stream-of-consciousness novel narrated from 15 different points of view, AS I LAY DYING opens as the Bundren matriarch, Addie, is dying at the family home in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. (His later novel ABSALOM, ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £4.95! \| first editions
2	Sound and the Fury more books like this by William Faulkner THE SOUND AND THE FURY, Faulkner's fourth novel (1929), is his first true masterpiece. Depicting the decline of the once aristocratic Compson family, the novel is composed of four stream-of-consciousness narratives, each told by a different character with his or her own way of relating events. The first is sweet, gentle Benjy Compson, who at the ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £4.11! \| first editions
3	The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text more books like this by William Faulkner THE SOUND AND THE FURY, Faulkner's fourth novel (1929), is his first true masterpiece. Depicting the decline of the once aristocratic Compson family, the novel is composed of four stream-of-consciousness narratives, each told by a different character with his or her own way of relating events. The first is sweet, gentle Benjy Compson, who at the ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £6.35! \| first editions
4	Light in August: The Corrected Text more books like this by William Faulkner William Faulkner's 1932 novel, LIGHT IN AUGUST, takes place in the first two decades of the 20th century. Its characters are mostly marginal outcasts, but most of the story concerns Joe Christmas, an orphaned man with a mysterious past who believes himself to be part black and is, accordingly, shunned--until he meets a tragic and gruesome end at ... see all copies from £4.85! new only from £6.38! \| first editions
5	Unvanquished more books like this by William Faulkner Originally published as a series of short stories in the Saturday Evening Post, THE UNVANQUISHED is one of Faulkner's most conventionally written novels, and one of his most underrated. Set during the Civil War, it tells the story of Bayard Sartoris, his black friend Ringo, and Bayard's strong, determined grandmother, Rosa Millard. see all copies from £1.16! new only from £7.96! \| first editions
6	Absalom, Absalom!: The Corrected Text more books like this by William Faulkner ABSALOM, ABSALOM! is often considered to be Faulkner's greatest book, and one of his most compelling explorations of race, gender, and the burdens of the past. The plot revolves around the character of Thomas Sutpen, son of poor whites in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Densely written and notoriously "difficult," the novel explores the ... see all copies from £5.37! new only from £7.23! \| first editions
7	Light in August more books like this by William Faulkner William Faulkner's 1932 novel, LIGHT IN AUGUST, takes place in the first two decades of the 20th century. Its characters are mostly marginal outcasts, but most of the story concerns Joe Christmas, an orphaned man with a mysterious past who believes himself to be part black and is, accordingly, shunned--until he meets a tragic and gruesome end at ... see all copies from £1.62! new only from £6.52! \| first editions
8	Absalom Absalom more books like this by William Faulkner ABSALOM, ABSALOM! is often considered to be Faulkner's greatest book, and one of his most compelling explorations of race, gender, and the burdens of the past. The plot revolves around the character of Thomas Sutpen, son of poor whites in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Densely written and notoriously "difficult," the novel explores the ... see all copies from £3.15! new only from £6.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Sanctuary more books like this by William Faulkner SANCTUARY is Faulkner's most notorious novel; its sensational subject matter was particularly disturbing to the inhabitants of his home town of Oxford, Mississippi, many of whom felt Faulkner presented a distorted picture of their community. The novel tells the story of Temple Drake, an Alabama debutante who falls under the influence of a sinister ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £5.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Go Down Moses more books like this by William Faulkner GO DOWN, MOSES is a cycle of seven interrelated episodes (including the much-anthologized story, "The Bear") examining the complex, changing relationships among the descendents of the McCaslin family in Faulkner's mythical Yoknapatawpha County, in northern Mississippi. The novel recounts the early days of Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin, and ... see all copies from £1.62! new only from £7.96! \| first editions
11 view cover	Wild Palms more books like this by William Faulkner see all copies from £1.16! new only from £7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Intruder in the Dust more books like this by William Faulkner Lucas Beauchamp of GO DOWN, MOSES reappears in INTRUDER IN THE DUST. Beauchamp has been accused of murdering a white man, Vinson Gowrie. To save Lucas from lynching, it is up to teenaged Chick Mallison, with the help of an old woman and a small boy, to find the real murderer. William Faulkner's fine mystery novel was made into an acclaimed motion ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £7.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Sound and the Fury: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism more books like this by William Faulkner, David Minter (Editor) THE SOUND AND THE FURY, Faulkner's fourth novel (1929), is his first true masterpiece. Depicting the decline of the once aristocratic Compson family, the novel is composed of four stream-of-consciousness narratives, each told by a different character with his or her own way of relating events. The first is sweet, gentle Benjy Compson, who at the ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £8.77! \| first editions
14 view cover	Reivers more books like this by William Faulkner Faulkner's last novel, THE REIVERS, won the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially comic novel, it tells the story of 11-year-old Lucius "Loosh" Priest; Boon Hogganbeck, who works for Loosh's grandfather; and the black chauffeur, Ned McCaslin. The three embark on a picaresque adventure, stealing Loosh's grandfather's Winton Flyer automobile to go on a ... see all copies from £4.64! new only from £7.55! \| first editions
15 view cover	Collected Stories more books like this by William Faulkner A magisterial collection of 42 stories. see all copies from £5.48! new only from £9.87! \| first editions
16 view cover	Fable more books like this by William Faulkner Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955, William Faulkner's A FABLE is an allegorical novel about a French corporal--meant to be seen as a Christ figure--during World War I. In perhaps his most ambitious work, Faulkner abandoned Yoknapatawpha County, and set A FABLE largely in the trenches of France. He spent more ... see all copies from £5.03! new only from £7.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Oprah's Book Club 2005 Summer Selection a Summer of Faulkner: As I Lay Dying/The Sound and the Fury/Light in August more books like this by William Faulkner Oprah Winfrey's demanding but rewarding reading selection for summer, 2005, is actually three novels, all by William Faulkner. Included are AS I LAY DYING, a stream-of-consciousness novel narrated from 15 different points of view, about the efforts of a family of poor whites to transport the dead body of Addie, the matriarch, for burial back to ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £13.05!
18 view cover	Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses Old Man the Bear more books like this by William Faulkner Three different ways to approach Faulkner, each of them representative of his work as a whole. Includes 'Spotted Horses,' 'Old Man,' and his famous 'The Bear.' see all copies from £3.12! new only from £6.56! \| first editions
19 view cover	Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner more books like this by William Faulkner Faulkner was a master of the short story. Most of the stories in this collection are drawn from the greatest period in his writing life, the fifteen or so years beginning in 1929, when he published The Sound and the Fury. They deal with many of the themes found in the novels and with the subjects and characters of small-town Mississippi life that ... see all copies from £5.70! new only from £9.96! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Hamlet more books like this by William Faulkner Set in Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi, this is the introductory novel in William Faulkner's sweeping "Snopes" trilogy. In THE HAMLET, the ruthless Flem Snopes rises from poverty to power in Frenchman's Bend with the help of a powerful local landowner, Will Varner. When Varner's daughter, Eula, becomes pregnant by another man, Flem marries her- ... see all copies from £4.64! new only from £8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Mansion more books like this by William Faulkner In THE MANSION, the final novel in the Faulkner's celebrated "Snopes" trilogy, Flem Snopes meets his death at the hands of a vengeful relative, Mink Snopes. see all copies from £1.61! new only from £7.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Requiem for a Nun more books like this by William Faulkner REQUIEM FOR A NUN is a sequel to the earlier SANCTUARY, and continues the story of Temple Drake eight years later. Now married to Gowan Stevens, Temple tries to save the life of a nurse who is accused of murdering Temple and Gowan's child. Most of the novel is presented in the form of a play. Each act begins with an essay giving the background of ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £6.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Mosquitoes more books like this by William Faulkner This 1927 satirical novel is set in New Orleans, where Faulkner lived briefly as a young man. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £7.64! \| first editions
24 view cover	Soldiers Pay more books like this by William Faulkner SOLDIER'S PAY, Faulkner's first novel, is about World War I and its aftermath, and draws on his own experiences. The novel's main character is Lieutenant Donald Mahon, a fighter pilot shot down in Europe and believed dead. He turns up, however, on a train bound for his hometown, Charlestown, Georgia, but he has suffered a terrible, disfiguring ... see all copies from £2.16! new only from £6.64! \| first editions
25 view cover	Sartoris more books like this by William Faulkner SARTORIS is Faulkner's first novel to be set in Yoknapatawpha County, the fictional locale that was to preoccupy him throughout his career--though here it is called "Yocona." The story of a disillusioned and world-weary Southern soldier returning home from World War I, SARTORIS also introduces several of Faulkner's main themes: the decline of an ... see all copies from £4.64! new only from £11.71! \| first editions

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