William Faulkner Audio Downloads

First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling", the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers: the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin, and the monstrous Jason.

At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member, including Addie, and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life.

The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction.

The Reivers is a picaresque story that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi....

Set after the conclusion of World War I, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner's first novel explores the war's emotional impact on weary veterans as they travel by train across the United States to their Georgia hometown.

Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s....

This collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets....

Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture....

William Faulkner never stood taller than five feet, six inches, but in the realm of American literature, he is a giant.

Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake....