Title: A Rose for Emily
Description: "A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 30, 1930, issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi, in the fictional southern county of Yoknapatawpha.


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Subjects: tradition, change, death, short stories, allegory, nonlinear narrative, gentleman's agreements, recluses, Mentally ill women, Fiction
Places: Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County
People: Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Colonel Sartoris
Time periods: Antebellum era