William Faulkner

Nobel Prize–winning author William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin.

One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.

This collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets....

Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness....

An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope....

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish....

Immerse yourself in the rich, complex world of The Sound and the Fury with this captivating audiobook adaptation.

Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake....

The Reivers is a picaresque story that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi....

Light in August features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen....

The Sound and The Fury is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.

An allegorical story of World War I set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment....

The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, this is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family....

In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion....

Set in Jefferson, Mississippi, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family. Over the course of four different narratives, the story maps the family's decline from Southern aristocracy to tragedy.

Faulkner’s second novel follows a bohemian cast of artists, socialites, and dilettantes as they set sail on a four-day excursion. Faulkner’s quick wit and endless appetite for satire make this a fascinating exploration of character, as well as a rare glimpse into the author himself....

A deep American South novel about a black & white intertwined in a relationship living in one house with various goings-on Southern style....

The Essential Classics Collection is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of five of the greatest novels ever written, and the perfect way to listen to those classics you've always been meaning to try.

The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South....

A wounded aviator returns home after his time in World War One. Escorted to his small hometown in Georgia by another wounded veteran of the war and a widow, he faces the many realities that come with his return....