As I Lay Dying - Unabridged

by William Faulkner, Kevin Theis (Editor)

Overview

"As I Lay Dying" is the Southern gothic masterpiece published by author William Faulkner in 1930. Coming on the heels of his breakthrough novel "The Sound and the Fury," this book cemented Faulkner's reputation as the premiere Southern author of the early 20th century.  

The story concerns the death of Addie Bundren - the matriarch of a poor, rural clan - and her family's attempt to honor her final wish: that she be buried in her home town of Jefferson, Mississippi. As they transport Addie's body on an old horse-drawn cart across the flood-ravaged South, the members of the Bundren family face many challenges and twice almost lose the coffin on their trek.  

Abstract in its structure (almost all of the characters in the book serve as narrators at various points), "As I Lay Dying" is often ranked among the finest novels of the 20th century. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798892821544
Publisher:	Ft. Raphael Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/01/2026
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	550 KB

About the Author

William Cuthbert Faulkner (1897-1962) was a Southern American novelist and short story writer whose works were often set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County (based on Lafayette County, Mississippi where Faulkner spent most of his life). One of the most celebrated authors in American history, Faulkner wrote two novels which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ("A Fable" (1954) and "The Reivers" (1962)) and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. Born and raised in Mississippi, Faulner joined the Royal Canadian Air Force to fight in World War I but never saw active combat (though he did return to Mississippi with made-up war stories.) A college dropout, he eventually moved to New Orleans where he began his writing career with "Soldier's Pay" in 1925. Soon after, he returned home to Oxford, Mississippi where he completed his first "Yoknapatawpha County" book, "Sartoris" in 1927. His reputation as one of America's greatest writers was solidified by the publication of both "The Sound and the Fury" in 1929 and, the following year, "As I Lay Dying." Soon Hollywood beckoned and Faulkner began working as a screenwriter on such classic films as "To Have and Have Not" and "The Big Sleep." After a long and prosperous career in which he won every conceivable award and accolade, Faulkner died from a heart attack following a fall from his horse in 1962 at the age of sixty-four. William Faulkner is esteemed as not simply one of the finest writers to come from the American South, but among the greatest authors in American history.

Date of Birth:

September 25, 1897

Date of Death:

July 6, 1962

Place of Birth:

New Albany, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Byhalia, Mississippi