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William Faulkner

Born

in New Albany, Mississippi, The United States

September 25, 1897

Died

July 06, 1962

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Southern Gothic

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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. During World War I, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, but did not serve in combat. Returning to Oxford, he attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters before dropping out. He moved to New Orleans, where he wrote his first novel Soldiers' Pay (1925). He went back to Oxford ...more

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William Faulkner’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 666,311 ratings · 45,285 reviews · 1,536 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 200,267 ratings — published 1929 — 444 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 192,535 ratings — published 1930 — 571 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light in August by William Faulkner, Joseph Blotner (Editor), Noel Polk (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 67,975 ratings — published 1932 — 383 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 49,220 ratings — published 1936 — 313 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,323 ratings — published 1930 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rose for Emily 3.82 avg rating — 14,639 ratings — published 1930 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanctuary 3.63 avg rating — 15,325 ratings — published 1931 — 350 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,755 ratings — published 1942 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Stories of William Faulkner 4.25 avg rating — 7,889 ratings — published 1950 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 8,290 ratings — published 1962 — 220 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Snopes Trilogy (3 books)
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August 2015 Revisit the Shelf Classic Poll

1932, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 232 pages

23 votes, 17.7%

1954, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 182 pages

22 votes, 16.9%

1891, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, 254 pagges

18 votes, 13.8%

1909, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360 pages

15 votes, 11.5%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages

13 votes, 10.0%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

10 votes, 7.7%

1872, Around the World in Eighty Days & Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, 252 pages

8 votes, 6.2%

1994, Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, 460 pages

6 votes, 4.6%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 351 pages

6 votes, 4.6%

1951, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 560 pages

3 votes, 2.3%

1851, The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 502 pages

3 votes, 2.3%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages

3 votes, 2.3%

130 total votes

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