num_pages: 250
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: Addie Bundren, Jewel Bundren, Dewey Dell, Cash Bundren, Vardaman Bundren, Cora Tull, Peabody, Anse Bundren, Vernon Tull, Darl Bundren
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 162710
places: Mississippi, The United States of America, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Modern Library (NY)