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That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 in the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily". The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year. [1]
"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published on April 30, 1930 in an issue of The Forum. [1] The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional Jefferson, Mississippi, in the equally fictional county of Yoknapatawpha. It was Faulkner's first short story published in a national magazine. [2]
William Cuthbert Faulkner (/ ˈ f ɔː k n ər /; [1] [2] September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life.
"Barn Burning" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner which first appeared in Harper's in June 1939 (pp. 86–96) and has since been widely anthologized. The story deals with class conflicts, the influence of fathers, and vengeance as viewed through the third-person perspective of a young, impressionable child.
Red Leaves" is a short story by American author William Faulkner. First published in the Saturday Evening Post on October 25, 1930, [1] it was one of Faulkner's first stories to appear in a national magazine. [2] The next year the story was included in These 13, Faulkner's first collection of short stories. [3]
Short story collections by William Faulkner (4 P) Pages in category "Short stories by William Faulkner" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
An earlier 1933 film version (Faulkner worked on the screenplay), was entitled The Story of Temple Drake. A West German television film Requiem für eine Nonne was released in 1965. In 1975 a television film adaptation of Requiem for a Nun was released with Sarah Miles , Mary Alice and Sam Edwards .
The story is set during the last years of the Great Depression, as the country readies itself for possible entry into World War II. It begins with two men visiting a house in Jefferson to serve a warrant for the two McCallum brothers, who have not registered for selective service (draft evasion.)