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Faulkner

noun

United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962). Synonyms: Falkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, William Falkner, William Faulkner.

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"Faulkner" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Yankee member of Congress, who has been in confinement here since the battle of Manassas, has been exchanged for Mr. Faulkner, late Minister to France, who was captured on his return from Europe. Mr. Ely smiled at the brown paper on which I had written his passport. I told him it was Southern manufacture, and although at present in a crude condition, ...

— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones

... quite a controversy in the 1940s. Faulkner stresses the vital importance of capillarity. He explains how conventional plowing stops this ...

— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon

... in Faulkner County, and joined the ministry as a local preacher, in 1896. I moved from there to White County and taught in Searcy one term. Taught at Beebe ten years. Married again in 1898—Annie Day. I taught at Beebe and lived ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration

Words linked to "Faulkner" : novelist