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By Faulkner, William Light in August


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The provided Book is comprised of excerpts from William Faulkner's novel Light in August. These passages introduce several central characters, including Lena Grove, a pregnant woman searching for the father of her child, Lucas Burch (also known as Joe Brown); Joe Christmas, a man of mixed racial heritage struggling with his identity; and Reverend Gail Hightower, a disgraced former minister haunted by the past. The excerpts explore themes of alienation, identity, race, and the burden of history in the American South. Through fragmented narratives and internal monologues, Faulkner establishes the complex relationships and individual struggles that permeate the novel's world.

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