William Faulkner

A wounded veteran returns home from World War I to find the life he left behind dramatically changed.

At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member--including Addie--and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life. As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself.

This invaluable volume, which has been republished to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of Faulkner's birth, contains some of the greatest short fiction by a writer who defined the course of American literature. Its forty-five stories fall into three categories: those not included in Faulkner's earlier collections; previously unpublished short fiction; and stories that were later expanded into such novels as The Unvanquished, The Hamlet, and...

Presents the corrected edition of William Faulkner's novel "Light In August," in which pregnant Lena Grove searches for the father of her unborn child.

The story of Thomas Sutpen, who came to Jefferson, Mississippi in 1830 to create a dynasty. Even though his sons ultimately destroyed his dream, a century later a young descendant has become obsessed with his family legacy.