Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a novel by the American author William Faulkner.
The story is based on the trial of Lucas Beaucamp, a black farmer, for murder of a white man. He is cleared due to the efforts of black and white teenagers and a spinster from a long-established southern family. It was written as Faulkner's response as a Southern writer to the racial problems facing the South. In his Selected Letters, Faulkner wrote: "the premise being that the white people in the south, before the North or the Govt. or anybody else owe and must pay a responsibility to the negro". The novel was turned into a MGM film directed by Clarence Brown in 1949 after MGM paid film rights of $50,000 to Faulkner. The film was shot in Faulkner's hometown of Oxford, Mississippi.
Intruder in the Dust is notable for its use of stream of consciousness style of narration.
The characters of Lucas Beauchamp and his wife, Molly, first appeared in Faulkner's previous novel, Go Down, Moses. Also, a story by Faulkner, "Lucas Beauchamp", was published in 1999.
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| Preceded by Go Down, Moses |
Novels set in Yoknapatawpha County | Succeeded by The Town |
| Novels by William Faulkner | |
|---|---|
| Novels: |
Soldiers' Pay • Mosquitoes • Sartoris • The Sound and the Fury • As I Lay Dying • Sanctuary • Light in August • Pylon • Absalom, Absalom! • The Unvanquished • If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (The Wild Palms/Old Man) •The Hamlet • Go Down, Moses • Intruder in the Dust • Requiem for a Nun • A Fable • The Town • The Mansion • The Reivers • Flags in the Dust |
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