Classics · DarkA pregnant young woman travels to Jefferson, Mississippi, searching for the father of her child
Light in August
A pregnant woman arrives in Jefferson, and the stories of its townspeople intertwine
Lena Grove is a pregnant young woman who travels to Jefferson, Mississippi, searching for the father of her child. Her story runs alongside that of Joe Christmas, a man of uncertain racial background who feels he belongs nowhere, and Byron Bunch, who falls for her. It is set mainly in Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County in the 1930s. Smith & Haas published it in 1932.
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Who
Lena Grove, Byron Bunch, Joe Christmas, Gail Hightower and Joanna Burden.
World
Jefferson, Mississippi, in Yoknapatawpha County, in the 1930s.
What makes it different
It has 21 chapters, the same number as the Gospel of John. Faulkner began it in 1931 under the title Dark House.
Feel
Somber and layered.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
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