Faulkner, William 1897-1962

The sound and the fury : the corrected text by William Faulkner ( Book )
360 editions published between 1929 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 10,447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Retells the tragic times of the Compson family, including beautiful, rebellious Caddy; manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their Black servant

Light in August : the corrected text by William Faulkner ( Book )
355 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 9,873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man. Light in August is the story od Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry

As I lay dying : the corrected text by William Faulkner ( Book )
236 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 8,839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member--including Addie--and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life. As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner ( Book )
186 editions published between 1936 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 5,337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him."

Sanctuary by William Faulkner ( Book )
206 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 5,275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Southern story of cruelty and perversion, about a young college girl who falls under the spell of a gangster bootlegger. Precedes "Requiem for a Nun."

Go down, Moses by William Faulkner ( Book )
193 editions published between 1940 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 5,264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes the novella The bear

The reivers : a reminiscence by William Faulkner ( Book )
89 editions published between 1962 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 5,197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The adventures of a Mississippi innocent who, with two older friends, "borrows" his grandfather's automobile one day in 1905 and heads for Memphis

Intruder in the dust by William Faulkner ( Book )
192 editions published between 1940 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 4,996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dramatizes the events that surround the murder of a white man in a volatile Southern community

Collected stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner ( Book )
50 editions published between 1930 and 2008 in English and held by 4,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forty-two American short stories

The hamlet by William Faulkner ( Book )
121 editions published between 1931 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend