As I Lay Dying (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Addie Bundren, Anse Bundren, Cash, Darl, Jewel, Vardaman, Dewey Dell
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Death or dying, Storms, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Life and death, Mortality
- Locales: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
The Story:
Addie Bundren was dying. She lay in a bed in the Bundren farmhouse, looking out the window at her son Cash as he built the coffin in which she was to be buried. Obsessed with perfection in carpentry, Cash held up each board for her approval before nailing it in place. Dewey Dell, Addie’s daughter, stood beside the bed, fanning her mother. In another room, Addie’s husband, Anse, and two sons, Darl and Jewel, discussed the boys’ plans to make a trip to sell a wagonload of lumber. Addie wished to be buried in Jefferson, the town where her relatives lay, and Anse...
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