1994 Modern Library Edition
Copyright © 1994 by Random House, Inc.
Introduction copyright © 1994 by George Garrett
The Hamlet: Copyright 1931 and renewed 1958 by William Faulkner. Copyright 1932 and renewed 1959 by The Curtis Publishing Company. Copyright 1931, 1936, 1940 by Random House, Inc. Copyright renewed 1964 by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers. Copyright © 1964 by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers.
The Mansion: Copyright © 1955, 1959 by William Faulkner. Copyright renewed 1983 and 1987 by Jill Faulkner Summers.
The Town: Copyright © 1957 by William Faulkner. Copyright renewed 1985 by Jill Faulkner Summers. Copyright © 1957 by The Curtis Publishing Company.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Modern Library and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
The Hamlet, The Mansion, and The Town were all originally published by Random House, Inc.
Portions of The Hamlet were previously published as short stories as follows: “Spotted Horses” and “Fool About a Horse” were published in Scribner’s Magazine; “The Hound” was published in Harper’s Magazine; “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” was published in The Saturday Evening Post.
A portion of The Mansion was published in Mademoiselle under the title “By the People.”
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available.
eISBN: 978-0-307-79141-2
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
THE HAMLET
Contents
Book One: Flem
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Book Two: Eula
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Book Three: The Long Summer
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Book Four: The Peasants
Chapter One
Chapter Two
THE TOWN
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
