Narrated in turn by each of the family members including addie herself as well as others the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos considered one of the most influential novels in american fiction in structure style and drama as i lay dying is a true 20th century classic this edition reproduces the corrected text of as i lay dying as established in 1985 by noel polk. This revised text and the notes are reprinted from novels 1930 1935 by william faulkner published by the library of america 1985 tp verso. As i lay dying the corrected text item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share . As i lay dying the corrected text william faulkner i set out deliberately to write a tour de force before i ever put pen to paper and set down the first word i knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall william faulkner on as i lay dying as i lay dying is faulkners harrowing account of the