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A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner--also available are Snopes, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom , and Selected Short... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1985 corrected text and is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.

"Backgrounds and Contexts" is divided into three sections, each of which includes a concise introduction by Michael Gorra that carefully frames the... Read Full Overview

The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South, Faulkner presents... Read Full Overview

As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature.

The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie... Read Full Overview

Faulkner's famous tragic narrative of the Bundren family's trek across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother, is a true 20th-century masterpiece.

In terms of organisation, language, and drama, As I Lay Dying is one of the most important... Read Full Overview

One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying was originally published in 1930, and remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish:... Read Full Overview