William Faulkner

Clever Brer Rabbit finds a way to teach the greedy Brer Tiger a lesson.

The years 1942 to 1954 saw William Faulkner's rise to literary celebrity - sought after by Hollywood, lionized by the critics, awarded a Nobel Prize in 1950 and the Pulitzer and National Book Award for 1954. But despite his success, he was plagued by depression and alcohol and haunted by a sense that he had more to achieve - and a finite amount of time and energy to achieve it. This volume - the third in The Library of America's new, authoritative...

The story of Thomas Sutpen, who came to Jefferson, Mississippi in 1830 to create a dynasty. Even though his sons ultimately destroyed his dream, a century later a young descendant has become obsessed with his family legacy.

The author reads his acceptance speech for the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature and excerpts from "As I Lay Dying," "A Fable," and "The Old Man," while others read a selection of his short stories.