The Town -- William Faulkner

<p>This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South. Like its predecessor, <i>The Hamlet</i>, and its successor, <i>The Mansion, The Town</i> is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes's ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor and profundity.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> William Faulkner<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 11/01/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 416<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.71lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.04h x 5.31w x 0.91d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307946812<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.7<br><b>Point Value:</b> 21<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>57011 / Town<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His family was rooted in local history: his great-grandfather, a Confederate colonel and state politician, was assassinated by a former partner in 1889, and his grandfather was a wealth lawyer who owned a railroad. When Faulkner was five his parents moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where he received a desultory education in local schools, dropping out of high school in 1915. Rejected for pilot training in the U.S. Army, he passed himself off as British and joined the C