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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 a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his reputation is based mostly on his novels, novellas, and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter.

The majority of his works are set in his native state of Mississippi. Though his work was published as early as 1919, and largely during the 1920s and 1930s, Faulkner was relatively unknown until receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." Faulkner has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature. Faulkner was influenced b ...more

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William Faulkner’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 598,208 ratings · 35,770 reviews · 928 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound and the Fury 3.85 avg rating — 182,515 ratings — published 1929 — 632 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 — 168,952 ratings — published 1930 — 553 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 — 62,037 ratings — published 1932 — 2 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! 3.98 avg rating — 44,647 ratings — published 1936 — 286 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 — 25,938 ratings — published 1930 — 66 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 — 13,554 ratings — published 1931 — 82 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 3.83 avg rating — 11,094 ratings — published 1930 — 51 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 — 10,108 ratings — published 1942 — 154 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 — 7,691 ratings — published 1950 — 71 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 3.78 avg rating — 7,623 ratings — published 1962 — 51 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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The Snopes Trilogy (3 books)
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1879, Dracula by Bram Stoker, 488 pages

33 votes, 23.4%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

26 votes, 18.4%

1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 144 pages

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16 votes, 11.3%

1929, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, 223 pages

15 votes, 10.6%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 351 pages

13 votes, 9.2%

1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 325 pages

11 votes, 7.8%

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9 votes, 6.4%

141 total votes

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