William Faulkner

At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother....

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....

Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. 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....

An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope....

This collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets....

A wounded aviator returns home after his time in World War One. Escorted to his small hometown in Georgia by another wounded veteran of the war and a widow, he faces the many realities that come with his return....

Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake....

The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South....

Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white....

The Reivers is a picaresque story that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi....

Intruder in the Dust is at once an engrossing murder mystery and an unflinching portrait of racial injustice....

In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion....

The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, this is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family....

An allegorical story of World War I set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment....

The Mansion tells of Mink Snopes, whose archaic sense of honor brings about the downfall of his cousin, Flem....

Mit sinnlicher Leidenschaft entrollt William Faulkner in diesem Klassiker drei Lebenswege in den Südstaaten der USA...

Faulkner’s second novel follows a bohemian cast of artists, socialites, and dilettantes as they set sail on a four-day excursion. Faulkner’s quick wit and endless appetite for satire make this a fascinating exploration of character, as well as a rare glimpse into the author himself....