Faulkner, William 1897-1962

The sound and the fury by William Faulkner ( Book )
371 editions published between 1929 and 2012 in 22 languages and held by 9,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason

As I lay dying : the corrected text by William Faulkner ( Book )
187 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 8,864 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

Light in August by William Faulkner ( Book )
350 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in 18 languages and held by 7,191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horesemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancentry

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner ( Book )
227 editions published between 1936 and 2012 in 18 languages and held by 6,407 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." Faulkner's classic 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, is now available in a corrected text Vintage Edition

The reivers : a reminiscence by William Faulkner ( Book )
73 editions published between 1962 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 5,341 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

Sanctuary by William Faulkner ( Book )
169 editions published between 1930 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 5,255 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 )
123 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 5,174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes the novella The bear

Intruder in the dust by William Faulkner ( Book )
154 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 5,021 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 )
45 editions published between 1930 and 2008 in English and held by 4,172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forty-two American short stories

The hamlet by William Faulkner ( Book )
102 editions published between 1931 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 3,870 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend