The Faulkner reader; selections from the works of William Faulkner

by William Faulkner

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:A sweeping anthology of works by an American original, including the complete text of The Sound and the Fury, a foreword by the author, his Nobel Prize address, and a selection of brilliant novellas and short stories, including: /> �The Bear� (from Go Down, Moses) �Old Man� (from The Wild Palms) �Spotted Horses� (from The Hamlet) �A Rose for Emily� �Barn Burning� �Dry September� �That Evening Sun� �Turnabout� �Shingles for the Lord� �A Justice� �Wash� �An Odor of Verbena� (from The Unvanquished) �Percy Grimm� (from Light in August) �The Courthouse� (from Requiem for a Nun.)… (more)

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8 short stories, 6 excerpts from other works, "The Sound and the Fury" in its entirety, and the text of Faulkner's speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize.
Contains:
The Bear (Go Down, Moses)
Old Man (The Wild Palms)
Spotted Horses (The Hamlet)
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)

2015 - reread just the short stories. I enjoyed them all but "The Odor of Verbena" & "The Courthouse" seem to me to be most like his style in The Sound and the Fury (a warning or an enticement depending on the reader!). (

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leslie.98 | Jun 26, 2013 |

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:A sweeping anthology of works by an American original, including the complete text of The Sound and the Fury, a foreword by the author, his Nobel Prize address, and a selection of brilliant novellas and short stories, including:

�The Bear� (from Go Down, Moses)
�Old Man� (from The Wild Palms)
�Spotted Horses� (from The Hamlet)
�A Rose for Emily�
�Barn Burning�
�Dry September�
�That Evening Sun�
�Turnabout�
�Shingles for the Lord�
�A Justice�
�Wash�
�An Odor of Verbena� (from The Unvanquished)
�Percy Grimm� (from Light in August)
�The Courthouse� (from Requiem for a Nun.)

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8 short stories, 6 excerpts from other works, "The Sound and the Fury" in its entirety, and the text of Faulkner's speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize.
Contains:
The Bear (Go Down, Moses)
Old Man (The Wild Palms)
Spotted Horses (The Hamlet)
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)

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