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As I Lay Dying
About this book
A family's journey to fulfill one final wish becomes a powerful exploration of grief, loyalty, and human suffering.
Discover William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, a distinctive modernist novel that follows the Bundren family as they transport the body of their deceased matriarch, Addie, to her chosen burial place.
Told through the perspectives of multiple family members, the novel reveals conflicting emotions, private motives, personal struggles, and deeply complicated relationships. As the journey grows increasingly difficult, each character's voice contributes to a fragmented yet compelling portrait of family life and human nature.
Faulkner's experimental narrative style brings readers close to the characters' thoughts while examining grief, poverty, duty, identity, and the limits of human endurance.
First published in 1930, As I Lay Dying is widely recognized as a major work of American modernist literature.
Join the Bundren family on an unforgettable journey through loss, hardship, and the complicated bonds that connect us.
Table of contents
- Titlepage
- Toc
- Darl
- Cora
- Darl
- Jewel
- Darl
- Cora
- Dewey Dell
- Tull
- Anse
- Darl
- Peabody
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Dewey Dell
- Vardaman
- Tull
- Darl
- Cash
- Vardaman
- Tull
- Darl
- Cash
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Darl
- Anse
- Darl
- Anse
- Samson
- Dewey Dell
- Tull
- Darl
- Tull
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Tull
- Darl
- Cash
- Cora
- Addie
- Whitfield
- Darl
- Armstid
- Vardaman
- Moseley
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Darl
- Vardaman
- Darl
- Cash
- Peabody
- Macgowan
- Vardaman
- Darl
- Dewey Dell
- Cash
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Publisher
Elm & Ivory PressYear
2026Topic
LiteratureSubtopic
ClassicseBook ISBN
9782700117646
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