Sanctuary (Faulkner novel)
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Sanctuary (Faulkner novel)
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Sanctuary is a 1931 novel by American author William Faulkner about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. The novel was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough and established his literary reputation, but was controversial given its themes. It is said Faulkner claimed it was a "potboiler", written purely for profit, but this has been debated by scholars and Faulkner's own friends. The novel provided the basis for the
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1931 novel by William Faulkner
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(Faulkner_novel)
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2004-10-03T21:27:54Z
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2024-09-02T17:20:27Z
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