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As I Lay Dying is a dramatic novel. As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by American author William Faulkner. This novel follows the Bundren family as they attempt to fulfill matriarch Addie's dying wish of being buried with her family of origin in Jefferson, Mississippi. It is a story of the death of Addie Bundren and her poor, rural family's quest and motivations noble or selfish to honor her wish to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. Addie is still on the verge of passing away. Cash, her eldest son, is constructing her coffin, while Dewey Dell, her daughter, is fanning her at her bedside. Anse, Addie's husband, sends Darl and Jewel, two of his other kids, on a money-making errand in family wagon. As a result, sons miss the actual passing of Addie. Anse chooses to sell Jewel's beloved horse to purchase a new set of mules when Cash further injures his already fragile leg in the ordeal. Dewey Dell accepts this odd prescription but doubts that it will be effective. In the meantime, Anse spends the ten dollars Dewey Dell received from Lafe, the man who impregnated her, on a new set of teeth. He also finds a new wife, Mrs. Bundren, who joins them on their wagon ride home.
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