The Unvanquished
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| Author | William Faulkner |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage International |
| Released | 1940 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-679-73652-2 |
The Unvanquished (ISBN 0-679-73652-2) is a novel by William Faulkner, set in Yoknapatawpha County. It tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris (or Flags in the Dust). The Unvanquished takes place before that story, and is set during the American Civil War.
The Unvanquished was first published as a whole in 1938, but consists of seven short stories, which were originally published separately in The Saturday Evening Post, except where noted:
- Ambuscade (September 29, 1934)
- Retreat (October 13, 1934)
- Raid (November 3, 1934)
- Drusilla (titled Skirmish at Sartoris in the novel), published in Scribner's (April, 1935)
- The Unvanquished (namesake for the novel, in which it is titled Riposte in Tertio) (November 14, 1936)
- Vendée (December 5, 1936)
- An Odor of Verbena (never published outside the novel)
| William Faulkner Novels |
| Soldiers' Pay | Mosquitoes | Sartoris | The Sound and the Fury | As I Lay Dying | Sanctuary | Light in August | Pylon | Absalom, Absalom! | The Unvanquished | If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (The Wild Palms/Old Man) | Go Down, Moses | Intruder in the Dust | Requiem for a Nun | A Fable | The Reivers | Flags in the Dust |
| Snopes Series: The Hamlet | The Town | The Mansion |
Resources:
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/unvanquished/essay1.html
| Preceded by Absalom, Absalom! |
Novels set in Yoknapatawpha County | Succeeded by The Hamlet |
