num_pages: 319
description: Portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil War. The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulkner's original work. The full text was published in 1973 as Flags in the Dust.
language: English
title: Sartoris
titlecomplete: Sartoris
characters: Bayard Sartoris II, John Sartoris, Bayard Sartoris, Virginia Du Pre, Narcissa Benbow Sartoris, Horace Benbow
genres: Fiction, American, Americana, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 1417
places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Plume