A Rose for Emily- Lizzie Parallels

[Uozumi]

Has anyone read William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily? Although it was first published in the 1930s, it tells the story of a wealthy lady who is a spinster because when she was young, her father dismissed any man below her station, who wanted to court her as a gold digger. And no rich men wanted to date her because they had no need to date someone so snobbishly rich. It seems like a rich girls could easily become spinsters, like Lizzie and Emma. William Faulkner was born five years after the murders but its reasonable that he was acquainted with these, as he says, "fallen monuments." It's an interesting story where Emily's father mysteriously dies and Emily is stopped at a store for trying to buy arsenic. I wonder if William Faulkner was a Lizzie fan?

http://www.ariyam.com/docs/lit/wf_rose.html

[kssunflower]

I haven't read it, but after reading your description, I definitely will.

[snokkums]

I think I'll read it too. It almost fits Lizzie and Emma to a tee. I wonder if old Andy did keep suiters away. A wonderful thought to ponder.

[doug65oh]

Here's another link to the full text of "A Rose for Emily" -
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Liter ... E-Rose.htm
(Oh I know...but I overlooked the link above!)