num_pages: 246
description: As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in turns by each of the family members—including Addie herself—the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.
language: English
title: As I Lay Dying
titlecomplete: As I Lay Dying
characters: Dewey Dell, Vernon Tull, Darl Bundren, Addie Bundren, Cash Bundren, Jewel Bundren, Vardaman Bundren, Cora Tull, Anse Bundren, Peabody
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, School, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Southern, Fiction
ratings_count: 162640
places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, The United States of America
publisher: Vintage