The Snopes Trilogy of William Faulkner

"The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is any good." -Faulkner

True to his own words, Faulkner is ruthless in his fictionalized account of the characters and locale of Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi in his three novels which chronicle the Snopes family. THE HAMLET, THE MANSION and THE TOWN trace the origin, rise and dominance of a family drawn from imagination -- an imagination which was nurtured by a real life lived mostly in a real county of Mississippi.

William Faulkner is unquestionably one of the major American authors of modern times and his influence can be traced in other Southern authors who have followed him. Faulkner first editions, especially in dust jacket, are highly prized and intensely sought, and command prices of several thousand dollars.

The Snopes Trilogy is a set of three books, each of which stand as a separate and complete novel, but together can comprise a mini collection of Faulkner and represent a wise investment in an increasingly collectible author.

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