Three Famous Short Novels

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Three Famous Short Novels

Vintage Books Edition, March 1961
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  • 6 Want to read
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From the back cover:

In this book are three different approaches to Faulkner, each of them highly entertaining as well as representative of his work as a whole.

Spotted Horses is a hilarious account of a horse auction, and pits the "cold practicality" of women against the boyish folly of men. The law comes in to settle the dispute caused by the sale of "wild" horses, and finds itself up against a formidable opponent, Mrs. Tull.

Old Man is something of an adventure story. When a flood ravages the countryside of the lower Mississippi, a convict finds himself adrift with a pregnant woman. His one aim is to return the woman to safety and himself to prison, where he can be free of women. In order to do this, he fights alligators and snakes, as well as the urge to be trapped once again by a woman.

Perhaps one of the best know of Faulkner's shorter works, The Bear is the story of a boy's coming to terms with the adult world. By learning how to hunt, the boy is taught the real meaning of pride and humility and courage, virtues that Faulkner feared would be almost impossible to learn with the destruction of the wilderness.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
316

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1966, Vintage Books
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Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear
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1966, Vintage Books
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New York

Table of Contents

Spotted horses.
Old man.
The bear.

Edition Notes

Other Titles
Spotted horses., Old man., Bear.
Copyright Date
1966

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3511.A86 A15 1966

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
316 p.
Number of pages
316

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24221861M
Internet Archive
threefamousshort0000faul_d8f0
ISBN 10
0394701496
ISBN 13
9780394701493
OCLC/WorldCat
27875545

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