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As I lay dying [eAudiobook] / William Faulkner.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 (author.). Cashman, Marc, (narrator.). Dean, Robertson, (narrator.). Patel, Lina, (narrator.). Raver, Lorna, (narrator.).

Summary:
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: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of literature's great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780739345382
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator: Marc Cashman, Robertson Dean, Lina Patel, Lorna Raver.
Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5
870 Lexile.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 193335 KB).
Subject: Burial > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Mississippi > Fiction.
Genre: Downloadable audio books.


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