Faulkner Student and Master: The Manic Recluse in American Letters

Explore the profound legacy of Faulkner in American literature. Discover his letters, masterpieces, and the manic recluse persona that shaped iconic books and influenced generations of writers.

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Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Family drama and the legacy of slavery haunt this epic tale of an enigmatic stranger in Jefferson, Mississippi—from one of the …
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The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink …
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The Wild Palms

by William Faulkner

In this feverishly beautiful novel—originally titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem—William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating …
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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

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 …
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Light in August

by William Faulkner

From the Nobel Prize winner—one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the twentieth century—a novel set in the American South during Prohibition about hopeful …
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Go Down, Moses

by William Faulkner

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but …
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The hamlet

 

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Collected Stories of William Faulkner

by William Faulkner

“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most …
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Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic …
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Moby Dick, Or, The Whale

by Herman Melville

A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
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Complete Shorter Fiction of Herman Melville

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1819-91) brought as much genius to the smaller-scale literary forms as he did to the full-blown novel: his poems and the short stories …
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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

The “masterpiece” (Michael Herr) of the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Passenger, and Stella …
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Suttree

by Cormac McCarthy

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a …
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Child of God

by Cormac McCarthy

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • In this taut, chilling story, Lester Ballard—a violent, dispossessed man …