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Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by 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 negro 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. But in after the chaos of Civil War, secrets from his own past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for.
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Absalom, Absalom!, William Faulkner
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Absalom, Absalom!
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Faulkner
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 1784874272
- ISBN13
- 9781784874278
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family, Classics, USA, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Nobel prize, American South, Southern Gothic, Mississippi
- Original title
- Absalom, Absalom!
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by 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 negro 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. But in after the chaos of Civil War, secrets from his own past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for.