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Absalom, Absalom!

byWilliam Faulkner

Genres: Historical fiction Classics 19th Century Classics American Classical Literature Historical Whodunits

Who is this book for? Readers interested in American literature, historical narratives, and complex family dynamics.

Topics Manuscript analysisSouthern aristocracyMoral decayPlantation lifeFamily sagaSouthern gothicLegacyRace relationsMythologyHistorical fictionFamilyRace and PrejudiceSurvival

MoodMelancholic, Reflective

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkner’s elaborate descriptive syntax.Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a black butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. His relentless will ensures his ambitions are soon realised; land, marriage, children, his own troop to fight in the Civil War... but Sutpen returns from the conflict to find his estate in ruins and his family collapsing. Secrets from his own past threaten to ruin the lives of his children and destroy everything he has worked for.

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Published on

19/01/1995

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099475118

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