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Absalom Absalom!

The Corrected Text

Modern Library Ser.

by William Faulkner

Synopsis

First published in 1936,Absalom, Absalom!is William Faulkner’s ninth novel and one of his most admired. It tells the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded attempt to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830. Although his grand design is ultimately destroyed by his own sons, a century later the figure of Sutpen continues to haunt young Quentin Compson, who is obsessed with his family legacy and that of the Old South. “Faulkner’s novels have the quality of being lived, absorbed, remembered rather than merely observed,” noted Malcolm Cowley. “Absalom, Absalom!is structurally the soundest of all the novels in the Yoknapatawpha series-and it gains power in retrospect.” This edition follows the text ofAbsalom, Absalom!as corrected in 1986 under the direction of Faulkner expert Noel Polk and features a new Foreword by John Jeremiah Sullivan.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1993
ISBN-13 9780679600725
ISBN-10 0679600728
Class Copyright
Publisher Random House Publishing Group
Subject FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 432
Length of Recording 16
Shelf No. KD788