A Rose for Emily
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A Rose for Emily

1930
traditionchangedeathshort storiesallegorynonlinear narrativegentleman's agreementsreclusesMentally ill womenFiction

"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 30, 1930, issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi, in the fictional southern county of Yoknapatawpha. ---------- Also contained in: - [40 Short Stories: Fifth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL35622727W) - [40 Short Stories: Sixth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27731523W) - [American 24-Karat Gold](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15132668W) - [American Short Story](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8593547W) - [Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15705711W) - [Backpack Literature: Fifth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26371856W) - [Best Horror Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7453685W) - [Best Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19560481W) - [Best Short Stories of the Modern Age](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6829437W) - [Britannica Library of Great American Writing: Volume II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26150106W) - [Classic Crime Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4098282W) - [Collected Stories of William Faulkner](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82851W/Collected_Stories_of_William_Faulkner) - [Evil Image](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8200891W) - [Faulkner Reader](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16245871W/The_Faulkner_Reader) - [Exploring Literature: Fourth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26428556W) - [Fiction 100](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18160158W) - [Fictions](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17733654W) - [Fireside Reader](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16057038W) - [Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9583299W) - [Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26138408W) - [Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26199516W) - [Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20538101W) - [Literature: The Human Experience: Reading and Writing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943686W) - [Literature: Structure, sound, and sense: Fourth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27052590W) - [Elements of Literature: Third Canadian Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18004836W) - [Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2357572W) - [Lucifer Society](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3151648W) - [Meistererzählungen](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24157862W) - [My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3951516W) - [Nobel Prize Library. William Faulkner / Eugene O'Neill / John Steinbeck](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17971970W/Nobel_Prize_Library._William_Faulkner_Eugene_O'Neill_John_Steinbeck) - [Norton Anthology of Short Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15163063W) - [Norton Anthology of Short Fiction: Shorter Seventh Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17610044W) - [Norton Introduction to Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20501950W) - [Oxford Book of Gothic Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2963651W) - [Perrine's Story and Structure: Tenth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26145680W) - [Perrine's Story and Structure: Twelfth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26150350W) - [Portable Faulkner](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82914W/The_Portable_Faulkner) - [Realm of fiction: 61 short stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4092122W) - [Rose for Emily and Wash](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16245799W/) - [Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82919W/Selected_Short_Stories_of_William_Faulkner) - [Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5367202W) - [Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20481614W) - [Short Story](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5235146W) - [Southern Writers](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26181436W) - [Story and its Writer: Third Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15164173W) - [Story and Its Writer: Compact Fourth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26150265W) - [Story and Its Writer: Compact Eighth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16175326W) - [Story and Its Writer: Ninth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20901218W) - [These 13](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82907W/These_13) - [Twelve short stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3188871W) - [Twelve short stories: Second Series](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3188872W) - [Understanding Fiction: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18490992W)

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