An edition of As I Lay Dying (1915)

As I lay dying

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An edition of As I Lay Dying (1915)

As I lay dying

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (12 ratings)
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  • 9 Currently reading
  • 31 Have read

This is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.

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J. Cape, H. Smith
Language
English
Pages
254

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Subjects

American Manuscripts Death Burial Open Library Staff Picks Fiction in English Stream-of-Consciousness Facsimiles Fiction Problem families Married women Parent and adult child Manuscripts Dysfunctional families Families Criticism and interpretation Social life and customs Domestic fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Yoknapatawpha county (imaginary place), fiction Fiction, psychological Mississippi, fiction Fiction, family life American Domestic fiction History and criticism Death in literature Romance norte americano Fiction, family life, general Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place) Burial--fiction Death--fiction Ps3511.a86 a85 2010 813/.52 American fiction World literature Fiction subjects Family

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William Faulkner (1897-1962)

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Mississippi

Times

Early 20th century 1920s

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As I Lay Dying
2019, Arcturus, Arcturus Publishing
in English
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As I lay dying: the corrected text
2000, Modern Library
in English - 2000 Modern Library ed.
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As I Lay Dying
January 4, 1996, Vintage
in English
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As I Lay Dying
1990-10, Vintage International, Demco Media
in English
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As I lay dying: the corrected text
1990, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vingate international ed.
Cover of: As I lay dying : the corrected text
As I lay dying : the corrected text
1987, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
1972, Vintage Books
in English
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As I lay dying
1972, Vintage Books
in English - Corr. ed.
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As I Lay Dying
1966?, Random House
in English
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As I lay dying.
1964, Random House
in English - [New ed.]
Cover of: As I lay dying
As I lay dying
1930, J. Cape, H. Smith
in English

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Edition Notes

First edition, first printing; Massey 16.

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.F272 As, PS3511.A86 As

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Pagination
[6], 254 p.
Number of pages
254

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6749183M
LCCN
30027682
OCLC/WorldCat
2790338
LibraryThing
3360

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL82929W

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Work Description

Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordance with her wishes. When a ford across a river is flooded they are forced to take a roundabout route and it becomes a desperate race to complete their mission before the body begins to decompose.

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