FAULKNER, William [H.G. Wells].
Sartoris.
London: Chatto & Windus , 1932.
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First Edition of William Faulkner's Sartoris; from the library of H.G. Wells
First British edition of Faulkner’s classic work set in Yoknapatawpha County which introduces many of the characters that appear in his later fiction. Octavo, original cloth, four pages of advertisements at rear. Ownership plate to the front pastedown that states, "From the Library of H.G. Wells." H.G. Wells was a pioneering British writer and social thinker whose work helped define the genre of modern science fiction while engaging critically with the political and technological transformations of his time. Best known for novels such as The Time Machine (1895), The War of the Worlds (1898), and The Invisible Man (1897), Wells used speculative narratives to explore themes of evolution, imperialism, class conflict, and the ethical implications of scientific progress. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small loss to the rear panel. Only 2,000 copies of this edition were published. A very nice and rare example with noted provenance.
Sartoris portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil War. The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulkner's original work. The full text was published in 1973 as Flags in the Dust. Faulkner's great-grandfather William Clark Falkner, himself a colonel in the American Civil War, served as the model for Colonel John Sartoris. Faulkner also fashioned other characters in the book on local people from his hometown Oxford. Literary critic Cleanth Brooks described the novel as "extremely well-written", full of literary allusions and exploring the plight of a lost generation. He compared Sartoris to the poem The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot.
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