Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Editions for absalom, absalom 0679732187 paperback published in 1990, kindle edition published in 2011, 0099475111 paperback published in 2005, 0. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are quentin compson iii, thomas sutpen. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading absalom, absalom. Taking place before, during, and after the civil war, it is a story. It is a story about three families of the american south, taking place before, during, and after the civil war, with the focus of the story on the life of thomas sutpen.
From the modern librarys new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by william faulkner also available are snopes, as i lay dying, the sound and the fury, light in august, and selected short stories first published in 1936, absalom, absalom. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 320 pages and is available in paperback format. A proliferation of research has been done on the novel, yet little heed has. Sep 15, 2011 a depraved story of degenerates in a southern family gone to seed of colonel sutpen building his tribe by incest, perversion, miscegenation and lust. This is indeed surprising when we realize that its author, william faulkner, was born and reared in the south and that his life is intricately connected with the history of the south. The 1983 guinness book of world records claims the longest sentence in literature is a sentence from absalom, absalom. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The book told through three interconnected narratives tells the life story of thomas sutpen. Quentin compson and shreve, his harvard roommate, are obsessed by the rise and fall of thomas sutpen. The first edition of the novel was published in 1936, and was written by william faulkner. In the dramatic texture of this story of the founding, flourishing and decay of the plantation of sutpens hundred, and of the family that demonic stephen sutpen brought into the world a generation before the civil war, there rises the lament of the south for its own.
With a french architect and a band of wild haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north missis. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. His style is dense, sometimes fragmented, wordy and difficult to read. It tells the story of thomas sutpen and his ruthless. A distrust of the word the opening of absalom, absalom. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to. There is tragedy here, but the drawing is so out of scale that the effect is weakened. Modern library college editions by faulkner, william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
William cuthbert faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in oxford, mississippi, where he spent most of his life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. He was a man, faulkner said, who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him. Absalom absalom vintage international download pdfepub. Absalom absalom by william faulkner free books online. Absalom absalom vintage international download pdf. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Id never read any of william faulkner s books, it was following a very dear friends recommendation that i bought it and, in the course of reading it, i entered a universe that in the beginning seemed strange and confusing, but then captivated me more and more. With a french architect and a band of wild haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north mississippi wilderness. William faulkner s absalom absalom download ebook pdf, epub. Absalom, absalom project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Although the novels complex and fragmented structure poses considerable difficulty to readers, the book s literary merits place it squarely in the ranks of americas finest novels. Absalom, absalom william faulkner biography absalom.
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