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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Author 106 / Writer 20 · 1915 – 2016 · 🎬 20 📖 106

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 spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

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Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition

Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition

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2016

The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition

The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition

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2015

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition

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2010

The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature--Eighth Edition

The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature--Eighth Edition

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2009

The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition

The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition

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2008

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

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2008

Fiction, A Pocket Anthology--Fifth Edition

Fiction, A Pocket Anthology--Fifth Edition

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2007

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction -- Shorter Seventh Edition

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction -- Shorter Seventh Edition

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2006

American 24-Karat Gold

American 24-Karat Gold

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2006

Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition

Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition

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2003

The Bedford Introduction to Literature--Reading, Thinking, Writing--Sixth Edition

The Bedford Introduction to Literature--Reading, Thinking, Writing--Sixth Edition

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2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

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1999

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Fourth Edition

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Fourth Edition

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1995

The American Short Story [59 stories]

The American Short Story [59 stories]

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1994

Novels, 1942-1954

Novels, 1942-1954

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1994

Snopes (Hamlet / Mansion / Town)

Snopes (Hamlet / Mansion / Town)

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1994

Fiction

Fiction

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1993

The Situation of the Story

The Situation of the Story

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1993

Campfire Legends

Campfire Legends

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1993

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

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1992

The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition

The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition

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1991

Crime Classics

Crime Classics

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1990

The best horror stories

The best horror stories

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1990

Novels, 1936-1940

Novels, 1936-1940

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1990

Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition

Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition

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1989

Short Stories

Short Stories

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1989

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

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1989

Fiction 100

Fiction 100

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1988

The Dark Descent

The Dark Descent

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1987

Literature--second edition

Literature--second edition

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1986

Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories

Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories

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1985

Novels, 1930-1935

Novels, 1930-1935

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1985

A Treasury of Civil War Stories

A Treasury of Civil War Stories

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1985

Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural

Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural

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1985

Great American Short Stories [48 stories]

Great American Short Stories [48 stories]

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1984

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

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1984

The Evil Image

The Evil Image

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1981

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

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1981

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

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1980

Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner

Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner

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1979

Fireside Reader

Fireside Reader

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1978

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

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1978

The Other Persuasion

The Other Persuasion

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1977

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

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1977

The American Landscape

The American Landscape

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1974

The Modern Tradition - Second Edition

The Modern Tradition - Second Edition

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1972

The Lucifer Society

The Lucifer Society

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1972

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

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1971

William Faulkner / Eugene O'Neill / John Steinbeck

William Faulkner / Eugene O'Neill / John Steinbeck

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1971

The sea-green horse

The sea-green horse

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1970

The Short Story

The Short Story

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1969

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The Essential Faulkner

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1967

Short Stories -- Classic, Modern, Contemporary

Short Stories -- Classic, Modern, Contemporary

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1967

The Shape of Fiction. Stories for Comparaison

The Shape of Fiction. Stories for Comparaison

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1967

The edge of the chair

The edge of the chair

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1967

The experience of literature

The experience of literature

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1967

The experience of literature

The experience of literature

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1966

American Short Stories

American Short Stories

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1965

Fifty Best American Short Stories

Fifty Best American Short Stories

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1965

Faulkner at West Point

Faulkner at West Point

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1964

Wishing Tree

Wishing Tree

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1964

30 Stories to Remember

30 Stories to Remember

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1962

Reading modern fiction

Reading modern fiction

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1962

The Reivers

The Reivers

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1962

Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner

Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner

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1960

The mansion

The mansion

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1959

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition

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1959

More Stories to Remember -- Volume II

More Stories to Remember -- Volume II

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1958

Faulkner in the university

Faulkner in the university

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1958

The Town

The Town

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1957

Great American Short Stories

Great American Short Stories

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1957

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Faulkner at Nagano

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1956

Big Woods

Big Woods

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1955

America's Literature

America's Literature

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1955

The Saturday Evening Post Treasury

The Saturday Evening Post Treasury

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1954

The Faulkner Reader

The Faulkner Reader

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1954

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Mirrors of Chartres Street

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1953

Ten modern masters

Ten modern masters

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1953

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

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1952

The Rinehart Book of Short Stories

The Rinehart Book of Short Stories

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1952

A Fable

A Fable

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1950

Requiem for a Nun

Requiem for a Nun

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1950

The Portable Faulkner

The Portable Faulkner

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1950

Great Short Stories

Great Short Stories

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1950

Three Famous Short Novels (Bear / Old Man / Spotted Horses)

Three Famous Short Novels (Bear / Old Man / Spotted Horses)

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1948

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

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1948

New Orleans sketches

New Orleans sketches

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1946

Novels (As I Lay Dying / Sound and the Fury)

Novels (As I Lay Dying / Sound and the Fury)

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1946

The Hamlet

The Hamlet

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1940

Go Down, Moses

Go Down, Moses

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1940

The wild palms

The wild palms

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1939

The Unvanquished

The Unvanquished

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1938

Absalom, Absalom!

Absalom, Absalom!

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1936

Pylon

Pylon

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1935

Collected Stories of William Faulkner

Collected Stories of William Faulkner

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1934

Dr Martino and Other Stories

Dr Martino and Other Stories

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1934

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

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1931

These 13

These 13

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1931

Light in August

Light in August

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1931

A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

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1930

Sartoris

Sartoris

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1929

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

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1929

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

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1927

Soldiers' pay

Soldiers' pay

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1926

Knight's Gambit

Knight's Gambit

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1919

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

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1915

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