

An edition of The Portable Faulkner (1950)
By William Faulkner,Malcom Cowley
Publish Date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
eng
Pages
724
Description:
The old people : A justice. Wedding in the rain (from Absalom! Absalom!) [Red leaves](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080908W/Red_Leaves). Was. ; The unvanguished : Raid. [Wash](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16245840W/Wash). An odor of Verbena ; The last wilderness : The bear ; The peasants : Spotted horses (from the hamlet) ; The end of an order : [That evening sun](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080863W/That_Evening_Sun). Ad astra. [A rose for Emily](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950108W/A_Rose_for_Emily). Disley (from the sound and the fury) ; Mississipi flood : Old man (from the wild palms) ; Modern times : Death drag. Oncle Bud and the three Madams (from Sanctuary). Percy Grimm. Delta autumors.
subjects: tradition, change, death, short stories, allegory, nonlinear narrative, gentleman's agreements, recluses, fiction, African Americans, husband and wife, race relations, buriel, Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place), Social life and customs, Yoknapatawpha county (imaginary place), fiction, Mississippi, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general
People: Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Colonel Sartoris, Quentin Compson, Nancy, Caddy, Jason, Dilsey, Jesus, Mrs. Compson, Mr. Stovall, Jailer, Mr. Lovelady, Chief Issetibbeha, Colonel Sutpen, Milly
Places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Jefferson
Times: Antebellum era