Absalom, Absalom!
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Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it focuses on the rise and
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William Faulkner
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spe
Absalom, Absalom!
…Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it focuses on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a plantation…
Faulkner in 1954
Faulkner was influenced by stories of William Clark Falkner, his paternal great-grandfather and namesake.
Faulkner as a cadet in the Canadian RAF, 1918
During part of his time in New Orleans, Faulkner lived in a house in the French Quarter (pictured center yellow).