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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 · 647,697 ratings · 42,300 reviews · 1,349 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 195,328 ratings — published 1929 — 46 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 — 186,129 ratings — published 1930 — 18 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, Noel Polk (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 66,522 ratings — published 1932 — 15 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 — 47,832 ratings — published 1936 — 165 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 — 26,226 ratings — published 1930 — 63 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 — 14,769 ratings — published 1931 — 9 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 — 13,787 ratings — published 1930 — 12 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 — 10,561 ratings — published 1942 — 168 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 4.24 avg rating — 7,879 ratings — published 1950 — 126 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 — 8,092 ratings — published 1962 — 4 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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Polls

September 2017 Short Story Poll

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, 36 pages, 1930

45 votes, 16.2%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Short Story by Flannery O'Connor, 25 pages, 1955

42 votes, 15.1%

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 125 pages, 1764

37 votes, 13.3%

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, 110 pages, 1984

32 votes, 11.5%

The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, 128 pages, 1889

25 votes, 9.0%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 82 pages, 1918

25 votes, 9.0%

The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov, 80 pages, 1899

24 votes, 8.6%

The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen, 32 pages, 1841

20 votes, 7.2%

My Mortal Enemy by My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather, 112 pages, 1926

17 votes, 6.1%

The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin, 60 pages, 1851

6 votes, 2.2%

The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder, 112 pages, 1930

5 votes, 1.8%

278 total votes

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