Harper Audio is a trademark of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. It is a violation of United States and international copyright laws to copy these recordings in any other way. HarperCollins is the copyright owner of the recordings on HarperAudio! and has consented to a limited distribution of HarperAudio! as an 8 khz computer sound file on Internet Town Hall. The novel is written in many short sections, each named after the character whose point of view and thoughts are expressed. The novel tells the story of a mother’s death and her family’s travails in carrying her to Jefferson, Mississippi, to be buried. William Faulkner, reads from his novel "As I Lay Dying," which was published in 1930.
Doctorow, this edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.To: "Announcements" "Internet Multicasting Service" Internet Multicasting ServiceĬontent: William Faulkner, "As I Lay Dying" Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, one of literature’s great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeįrom the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner-also available are Snopes, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories
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