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William Faulkner Novels 1957-1962 The Town / The Mansion / The Reivers - Library of America, 112 Author: William Faulkner William Faulkner's fictional chronicle of Yoknapatawpha County culminates in his three last novels, rich with the history and lore of the domain where he set most of his novels and stories. "The Town" (1957), the second novel of the Snopes trilogy that began with "The Hamlet," charts the rise of the rapacious Flem Snopes and his extravagantly ex...  more »tended family as they connive their way into power. In "The Mansion" (1959), the trilogy's conclusion, a wronged relative finally destroys Flem and his dynasty. Faulkner's last novel, "The Reivers: A Reminiscence" (1962), distinctly mellower and more elegiac than his earlier work, is a picaresque adventure that evokes the world of childhood with a final burst of comic energy. "Novels 1957-1962," like previous volumes in The Library of America's edition of the complete novels of William Faulkner, has been newly edited by textual scholar Noel Polk to establish an authoritative text, that features a chronology and notes by Fau! lkner's biographer Joseph Blotner.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781883011697 ISBN-10: 1883011698 Publication Date: 10/1/1999 Pages: 1,020 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Library of America Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 12 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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