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  1. Addeddate 2017-01-26 09:42:37 Identifier in.ernet.dli.2015.124648 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3cz8q23r Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0

  2. A short summary of William Faulkner's Light in August. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Light in August.

    • William Faulkner
    • 1932
  3. Sep 13, 2021 · Light in August by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Publication date 1960 Publisher Harmondsworth : Penguin Books ... Full catalog record MARCXML. plus-circle Add Review.

  4. Light in August is a 1932 novel by American author William Faulkner. It belongs to the Southern gothic and modernist literary genres. Set in the author's present day, the interwar period, the novel centers on two strangers, a pregnant white woman and a man who passes as white but who believes himself to be of mixed ethnicity.

    • William Faulkner
    • 1932
  5. Aug 28, 2012 · A country girl, well advanced in pregnancy, is seeking the lover who has promised to marry her. In this story of murder, rape, lynching, insanity, and remorse, the girl remains unhurt. Access-restricted-item. true.

  6. Dec 12, 2018 · One of Faulkner's most admired and accessible novels, "Light in August reveals the great American author at the height of his powers. Lena Grove's resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality.

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  8. Light in August is a multi-layered tragedy of life in the Jim Crow South, and at the same time it offers some unexpected notes of hope in the midst of its grimness. And above it all floats Faulkner’s supremely poetic voice, capturing as it does the musicality of Southern U.S. English.

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