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As i lay dying text5/15/2023 This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk. Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. Narrated in turn by each of the family members-including Addie herself-as well as others the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. Throughout the novel, Cash, mentions his tools repeatedly. In William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying, Faulkner uses symbols and imagery to fully define the characters and themes. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall.” -William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying is a story of a family on their forty mile journey to bury Addie, a mother and wife. Annotation: “I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force.Series Title: Vintage International Ser.
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