Three Famous Short Novels (eBook) “You cannot swim for new
horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
—William Faulkner These short works offer three different
approaches to Faulkner, each representative of his work as a
whole. Spotted Horses is a hilarious account of a horse auction,
and pits the “cold practicality” of women against the boyish
folly of men. Old Man is something of an adventure story. When a
flood ravages the countryside of the lower Mississippi, a
convict finds himself adrift with a pregnant woman. And The
Bear, perhaps his best known shorter work, is the story of a
boy’s coming to terms wit the adult world. By learning how to
hunt, the boy is taught the real meaning of pride, humility, and
courage. From the Trade Paperback edition. About the Author
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford,
Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the
towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The
Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, an