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Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen.
- William Faulkner
- 1936
William Faulkner. Absalom, Absalom!, novel by American writer William Faulkner, published in 1936. The principal narrative, set in 19th-century Mississippi, involves Thomas Sutpen, a poor white man from the mountains of western Virginia who rebels against his family and his alcoholic father, suffers a life-changing insult by a black servant ...
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Jul 7, 2012 · Epic tale of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who comes to Jefferson, Mississippi, in the early 1830's to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen.
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First published in 1936, Absalom, Absalom! is William Faulkner’s ninth novel and one of his most admired. It tells the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded attempt to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830.
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Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1936. The novel is a story within a story: it is narrated nonlinearly, in flashbacks, by Quentin Compson to his Harvard roommate, Shreve, and is about Thomas Sutpen, a poor white man who rises to wealth and power in the antebellum South, only to see his family ...
Absalom, Absalom! (Modern Library College Editions) First Edition. by William Faulkner (Author) 4.3 1,296 ratings. See all formats and editions. Recounts the story of the Sutpens, a Southern family, and how their dynasty fell into decadence after the Civil War. ISBN-10. 0075536579. ISBN-13. 978-0075536574.
- William Faulkner
Jan 30, 1991 · Absalom, Absalom! is Faulkner’s epic tale of Thomas Sutpen, a man who comes to the South in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, “who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him.” Product Details. About the Author. Read an Excerpt.
