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(1936) The Unvanquished (1938) The Wild Palms [IfIForget Thee, Jerusalem] (1939)  \nThe Hamlet (1940) Go Down, Moses (1942) Intruder in the Dust (1948) Knight s’ Gambit (1949) Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950)  \nNotes on a Horsethief(1951) Requiemfor a Nun (1954) AFable (1954) Big Woods (1955) The Town (1957) The Mansion (1959) The Reivers (1962)  \nUncollected Stories of William Faulkner (1979, Posthumous)  \nFIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2011  \nCopyright © 1931, 1939 by Random House, Inc. Copyright © 1942 by William Faulkner Copyright © 1942 by The Curtis Publishing Company Copyright © renewed 1958 by William Faulkner Copyright renewed © 1966 by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers Notes copyright © 1990, 1994 by Literary Classics ofthe United States, Inc.  \nAll rights reserved. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in paperback by Modern Library in 1958, and subsequently by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1961.  \nVintage is a registered trademark and Vintage International and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \n“Spotted Horses” originally appeared in The Hamlet;“Old Man” originally appeared in The Wild Palms; and“The Bear” originally appeared in Go Down, Moses.  \nThe revised texts and the notes for “Spotted Horses” and “Old Man”  \nare reprinted from Novels 1936–1940 by William Faulkner, published by The Library of America, in 1990, by permission.  \nThe revised text and the notes for “The Bear” are reprinted from Novels 1942–1954 by William Faulkner, published by The Library of America,  \nin 1994, by permission.  \nThe Library of Congress has cataloged the Modern Library edition as follows:  \nFaulkner, William.  \nThree famous short novels / William Faulkner.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n1. Mississippi—Social life and customs—Fiction. PZ3 . F272 TJ PS3511 .A86  \n58006368  \neISBN: 978-0-307-79197-9  \n[www.vintagebooks.com](www.vintagebooks.com)  \nv3 .1  \nCONTENTS  \nCover  \nWilliam Faulkner ’s Works  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nPublisher ’s Note  \nSpotted Horses OldMan The Bear Editors ’Note William Faulkner (1897–1962)  \nAlso by William Faulkner Academic Resources for Educators Vintage International  \nPUBLISHER’S NOTE  \nThis edition assembles the texts as corrected by Noel Polk in the Library of America editions of“Spotted Horses” from The Hamlet (1990); “Old Man” from If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem [The Wild Palms](1990); and “The Bear” from Go Down, Moses, (1994) . The copy-text for this edition is the ribbon typescript setting copy at the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia. An editors ’ note on the corrections by Noel Polk follows the text; the line and page notes were prepared by Joseph Blotner.  \nSpotted Horses  \n1  \nA little while before sundown the men lounging about the gallery of the store saw, coming up the  \nroad from the south, a covered wagon drawn by mules and followed by a considerable string of obviously alive objects which in the levelling sun resembled vari-sized and-colored tatters torn at random from large billboards—circus posters, say—attached to the rear of the wagon and inherent with its own separate and collective motion, like the tail ofa kite.  \n“What in the hell is that?” one said.  \n“It’s a circus,” Quick said. They began to ri","cbCaijbZQwpUYm6m","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijbZQwpUYm6m","pdf",1141400,168,"English","# Publisher’s Note\n# Spotted Horses\n## Opening scene: wagon and horses\n# Also by William Faulkner","[{\"question\":\"What stories are included in this edition of Faulkner’s “three famous short novels”?\",\"answer\":\"The edition assembles “Spotted Horses,” “Old Man” (from The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem), and “The Bear” (from Go Down, Moses).\"},{\"question\":\"How was this edition corrected or prepared according to the publisher’s note?\",\"answer\":\"The texts are corrected by Noel Polk in the Library of America editions, using a ribbon typescript setting copy at the University of Virginia, followed by an editors’ note on the corrections; line and page notes were prepared by Joseph Blotner.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens at the start of “Spotted Horses” in the provided excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"Men at a store watch a wagon approach from the south, realize it carries horses, identify Flem Snopes, and a nearby animal strikes Varner’s face, escalating the danger immediately.\"}]","Three Famous Short Novels - Spotted Horses - Old Man - The Bear | PDF",1790461378,259]