The Unvanquished
work by Faulkner
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The Unvanquished is a novel by William Faulkner published in 1938. It is the first novel in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha series to focus on the Sartoris family, a prominent Southern clan whose mythical history of heroism contrasts with their present-day struggles. The novel explores themes of innate brutality, racial tension, and the clash between a romanticized Southern past and a less-than-ideal present. It also introduces characters and families, such as the Snopes family, who appear in other Yoknapatawpha novels.1
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