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LIGHT IN AUGUST

LIGHT IN AUGUST

LIGHT IN AUGUST

LIGHT IN AUGUST

by Faulkner, William

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New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, [1932].. Large octavo. Rough woven tan cloth, lettered in blue and orange. A fine copy in equally fine and unusually bright and fresh pictorial dust jacket, with the very slightly chipped and tanned outer glassine wrapper carefully preserved. First edition, first printing, first binding. The first printing consisted of 8500 copies, a relatively small number of which appeared with blue stamping only (a characteristic of the bindings of the later impressions). The error "Jefferson" on p.340 has no bibliographic significance, as it reoccurs in the reprints. PETERSEN A13a. MASSEY 103.

Synopsis

Light in August is a 1932 novel by the American author William Faulkner. Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working title for Absalom, Absalom! Supposedly, one summer evening while sitting on a porch, his wife remarked on the strange quality that light in the south has during the month of August.

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Title
LIGHT IN AUGUST
Author
Faulkner, William
Book Condition
Used
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Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harrison Smith & Robert Haas
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
[1932].

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