Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Advanced
Title details for Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner - Available

Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample

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.

Expand title description text
Publisher: Random House

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781446496305
  • File size: 677 KB
  • Release date: July 5, 2013

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781446496305
  • File size: 677 KB
  • Release date: July 5, 2013

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1570
Text Difficulty:12

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.

Expand title description text
Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction