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Light in August : the corrected text by William Faulkner; C E Morgan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Published in 1932, <i>Light in August</i> is the seventh in the series of William Faulkner's novels set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. The book tells the story of the orphan Joe Christmas, whose mixed black-white heritage condemns him to life as an outsider who is hated by some and pitied by others.<P> Simon McEachern, the puritanical farmer who rears Joe, frequently whips the boy, and Joe leaves home after savagely beating Simon. Joe then wanders for 15 years, eventually settling in with a white woman devoted to aiding blacks, Joanna Burden. But her evangelism is a reminder to Joe of Simon's; still damaged from his upbringing, Joe murders Joanna. Joe flees but a companion reveals his whereabouts and he is killed and castrated.</p><h3>Donald Adams</h3><p>With this new novel, Mr. Faulkner has taken a tremendous stride forward. . . . <i>Light in August</i> is a powerful novel, a book which secures Mr. Faulkner's place in the very front rank of American writers of fiction. -- <i>Books of the Century; New York Times</i> review, October 1932</p>
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- William Faulkner; C E Morgan
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679732266
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (303 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14