As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
In the autumn of 1929 William Faulkner was shovelling coal at a power plant. Between midnight and four in the morning he wrote the novel he would call his tour de force.
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Public Domain Day 2027
On 1 January 2027, books from 1931 join the public domain in the US. We’ll typeset the best of them for e-ink. Leave your email and we’ll write once when they’re ready, and when new templates arrive.