--- product_id: 2439743 title: "As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text" price: "£12.39" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2439743-as-i-lay-dying-the-corrected-text store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text **Price:** £12.39 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text - **How much does it cost?** £12.39 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2439743-as-i-lay-dying-the-corrected-text) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text: 0880789816456: Faulkner, William, Ward, Jesmyn: Books Review: Loved it - Very Faulkner true to his writing deep dark outstanding book Review: Update: Replacement has a perfect cover - Updated review: I was quickly sent a replacement with a perfect cover. I'll still be able to give this book as a Christmas present after all! Original review: First of all, five stars for the story itself, one of my favorite classic books. This one, however, arrived with a torn front cover. It was meant to be a gift, and if I had wanted to give someone what looked like a used book, I would have saved myself the money and shopped at a used book store. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #8,891 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10 in Multigenerational Fiction (Books) #155 in Classic Literature & Fiction #599 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (4,025) | | Dimensions | 5.13 x 0.84 x 7.93 inches | | Edition | Reissue | | ISBN-10 | 067973225X | | ISBN-13 | 978-0679732259 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Part of series | Modern Library 100 Best Novels | | Print length | 267 pages | | Publication date | January 30, 1991 | | Publisher | Vintage | ## Images ![As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81sFWq1nXRL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it *by G***S on February 20, 2026* Very Faulkner true to his writing deep dark outstanding book ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Update: Replacement has a perfect cover *by E***A on December 11, 2025* Updated review: I was quickly sent a replacement with a perfect cover. I'll still be able to give this book as a Christmas present after all! Original review: First of all, five stars for the story itself, one of my favorite classic books. This one, however, arrived with a torn front cover. It was meant to be a gift, and if I had wanted to give someone what looked like a used book, I would have saved myself the money and shopped at a used book store. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.” *by A***R on October 1, 2017* To say that Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" is a tale about a dying woman with five kids and a husband who wants to be taken to her ancestral land after her death is like saying that "The Odyssey" is about a man shipping home with his fellow soldiers after fighting in a brutal war and meeting with some adventures on the way. As with a select few stories of this kind, the symbolism in Faulkner's construction far outpaces its factual content. Astonishingly, Faulkner hammered out the book in six weeks while he was working on the night shift in a power plant. Superficially, "As I Lay Dying" is indeed a story about a woman named Addie Bundren and her dirt-poor family in backward, dirt-poor Mississippi. The poverty depicted in the story is achingly real. The novel begins with the eerie vision of one of her sons building her coffin outside the ramshackle hut in which she's dying; the chug, chug of his tools fills the air, and with a last gasp of effort the mother makes it to the window to watch her son building the vehicle of her passage to the other world. This son, Cash, is a craftsman who is dedicated to the operational details of her death. Her husband Anse is a complicated man, partly sympathetic and partly despicable, who is awaiting the event in a matter of fact way; so matter of fact that one of his goals in getting his dead wife to her chosen destination is to buy a set of dentures which he has craved for a long time. Poverty can do these things to men. The second son, Jewel, has fire in his wild eyes and a way with horses; he's as rebellious as his favorite steed. The third, Darl, who is one of the principal narrators is thought to be a little slow in the head, but somehow manages to see more than almost anyone else. Then there’s poor, wretched, seventeen-year-old Dewey Dell, hiding a pregnancy and desperate to secretly get it terminated. Finally, Vardaman, the youngest child, watches what is happening to his mother and the rest of the family through, curious, darting, fearful eyes. Every one of these people is trying to come to terms with Addie Bundren's death in their own unpredictable way. Like Faulkner’s other work, “As I Lay Dying” is not an easy read, but with a little patience it pays significant dividends. The two main reasons why the novel challenges the readers are its stream of consciousness style and non-linear narrative; the former turns single sentences into paragraphs-long meditations. Another layer of complexity is added by the language, which is what you would expect to hear in the poor, rural, 1930s South. Each chapter is a first person account by a different person, often of the same event. Some events switch between past and future; the mother herself narrates one of them. Each person carries his or her own baggage, and friends and neighbors play important supporting roles. The story unwinds like a bad dream through the death of the mother and the journey of the family with her coffin to her hometown where she is to be buried. Along the way the family meets with tragedies and adventures and reckons with their relationship with each other and their personal pain and history. The uniqueness of the novel lies in the way in which it alternately evokes both disgust and sympathy for the characters, as well as for the unexpected beauty of the language. This wretched, uneducated family speaking poor English nonetheless can display great stores of wisdom and eloquence, and in their interactions with each other and with their neighbors is showcased both humanity and pitiful indifference. As in “The Odyssey’, many aspects of their trip, including a mesmerizing account of a swollen river threatening to end both their lives and their aspirations, reflect some of the deepest fears and hopes in their souls. And, befitting any tale that plumbs the depths of human nature, there’s also no dearth of black comedy. “As I Lay Dying” is ultimately desolate and hauntingly beautiful in parts. Like Steinbeck and McCarthy after him, Faulkner managed to strip down the human experience to its raw elements and serve us some of its inner essence, with the American South serving as the grand stage on which this tragicomedy unfolds. It's eminently worth reading. ## Frequently Bought Together - Vintage As I Lay Dying ( International) - Absalom, Absalom! - Vintage Classics The Sound and the Fury --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2439743-as-i-lay-dying-the-corrected-text](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2439743-as-i-lay-dying-the-corrected-text) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*