William Faulkner

This carefully curated collection brings together some of the most influential and enduring works in American literature.

One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish....

Set in Jefferson, Mississippi, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family. Over the course of four different narratives, the story maps the family's decline from Southern aristocracy to tragedy.

The Sound and the Fury is a multi-narrative novel that tells the story of the Compsons, a once-proud Southern aristocratic family in decline.

En Sartoris, Faulkner disecciona una clase social en decadencia a partir de una familia heredera de las tradiciones aristocráticas del Sur, a la que le queda únicamente la retórica romántica, el orgullo y la autocompasión para enfrentarse a un mundo en el que ya no encuentra su sitio.

La obra maestra del Premio Nobel de Literatura William Faulkner relata la degeneración progresiva de la familia Compson, sus secretos y las relaciones de amor y odio que la sostienen y la destruyen....

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

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

Luz de agosto es una de las obras más representativas del premio Nobel de Literatura William Faulkner....

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....

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....

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

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

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....

The Sound and The Fury is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.

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....

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

Light in August features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen....

Nobel Prize–winning author William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin.