The Reivers Resources

Learn all about the author's fudging of his own life's details, the love triangle he incited, and much, much more.

Take a look at this super detailed map of Yoknapatawpha County, which links all of Faulkner's stories and characters together.

Complete with a photo of the author himself, this site shares ten of Faulkner's best quotes.

Get a sense of how Mississippi has changed over the past century through these fifteen historic photos.

Directed by Mark Rydell, this film version stars Steve McQueen as the rambunctious Boon. The ending is changed significantly, and the racial tensions in the film are not as obvious as they are in the book.

Here's a handy transcript, with Faulkner discussing the significance of his creation of Yoknapatawpha County.

Here Faulkner discusses why he believes The Sound and the Fury to be his best book.

The following video highlights Faulkner's childhood, works, and other accomplishments.

What we've got here is the scene when Boon and Lucius decide to steal Grandfather's car.

William Faulkner says that this honor has been granted to him because the purpose of his writing is "to make out of the materials the human spirit, something which was not there before."

Creator of the Winton Motor Carriage Company, Alexander Winton sold his first manufactured vehicles in Cleveland, Ohio in 1899.

Faulkner and his wife Estelle appear in front of their Oxford, Mississippi home.

Take a look at what Lucius, Boon, and Ned would have seen when they ventured to Memphis in 1905.

Here's what horse racing might have looked like over one hundred years ago.