Unit 2 A Rose for EmilyWilliam FaulknerAdditional Background Information on William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner was born and brought up in the American South and lived there for almost all his life. On November 14, 1888, the local newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi reported a news story: “A terrible tragedy was enacted at Ripley on Tuesday afternoon of last weekthe widely and well-known Col. W. C. Falkner being the victim.” Col. Falkner had run for the Mississippi legislature and had b
