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A Rose for Emily

  • William Faulkner

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"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 30, 1930, issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi, in the fictional southern county of Yoknapatawpha.


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Genres

  • tradition
  • change
  • death
  • short stories
  • allegory
  • nonlinear narrative
  • gentleman's agreements
  • recluses
  • Mentally ill women
  • Fiction
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About the author

  • William Faulkner

    25 September 1897 - 6 July 1962

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Editions

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    Yapı Kredi Yayınları ( YKY )

    Nov 03, 2019

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    Dual Translation edition

    Editions Flammarion, Gallimard Education

    December 31, 1998

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    Publisher not identified

    1930

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    Harcourt College Publishers

    2000

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Heinle

January 2, 2000

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    Perfection Learning Corporation

    1990

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    Merrill

    1970

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    Dramatic Pub.

    December 1983

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    Independently Published

    2021

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    French & European Pubns

    January 1, 1996

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    Harcourt College Publishers

    2000

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    Charles E. Merrill

    1970