William Faulkner

Noel Polk

Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title provides all the materials a student needs to complete a literary research assignment in one convenient location.

A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner [RL 8 IL 7-12] An aristocratic Southern woman hides a macabre secret. Themes: lost love; secret passions. 36 pages. Tale Blazers.

Macy Johnson

Truly Gothic. My teacher kinda spoiled it for me but it was still cHiLLiNg. Not like, scary, but whoa. Gives you the creeps. You finish feeling unnerved.

B Sai Sushma

Milton Thomas Inge

William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

Courtney Gendreau

I read this book for class; it was a rather interesting read. It was pretty creepy, and at times was a little confusing. All in all it was a pretty intriguing story

Tee Ng

An untimely classic about life, death and love.

Анастасия Розова

*Read for class.

First of all, gotta say, racial slurs bugged me A LOT. But as far as I could understand from reading about Faulkner, he was against segregation. So the slurs were only there to represent the time and the South of that time. I hope I got it right, please, correct me if I'm wrong, I really want to know!

As for the story itself, I liked it. The structure was non-linear, which made it unusual, and the ending was if not shocking then at least very interesting. It leaves readers to guess whether Emily was mentally ill for real after being under her father's controll her whole life, or if it was all a big metaphor of not letting go of the past and living by the old rules.

Overall I've enjoyed it and am looking forward to translating and discussing this short-story in class.

A Rose for Emily

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