William Faulkner

"Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfil her last wish - to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Narrated in turn by each of the family members - including Addie...

This classic novel is a dramatic presentation of the decline of the once-aristocratic Compson family of Yoknapatawpha County, in northern Mississippi. Divided into four sections, the first is recounted from the viewpoint of Benjy Compson, a thirty-three year old man with mental retardation. The second segment is set eighteen years earlier than the other three and is told from the point of view of Quentin Compson, a Harvard-educated student who commits...

"Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner is a Southern Gothic novel that intricately weaves a complex and multilayered narrative set in the American South. The story unfolds through multiple perspectives, revealing the tumultuous history of the Sutpen family and the haunted legacy they leave behind. At its core, the novel explores themes of race, morality, and the enduring impact of the past on the present. The enigmatic Thomas Sutpen, driven by ambition...

"The story of Lucas Beauchamnp, a black man wrongly arrested for the murder of a white man, Vinson Gowrie."--P. [4] of cover.

Flem Snopes has become the most powerful man in post-bellum Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, and consequently, bored with his life, but the return of his cousin, Mink Snopes, from prison brings added conflict to Flem's life, and while Mink seeks revenge against Flem, Gavin Stevens moves closer to Linda.

An allegorical story of World War I set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment.