num_pages: 140
description: Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the family has fallen on hard times.
language: English
title: A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
titlecomplete: A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
characters: Homer Barron, Emily Grierson
genres: Literature, American, Classics, School, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Read For School
ratings_count: 25763
places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Merrill Publishing Company