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Soldiers' Pay

William Faulkner

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Soldiers' Pay is the first novel published by the American author William Faulkner. It was originally published by Boni & Liveright on February 25, 1926. It is unclear if Soldiers' Pay is the first novel written by Faulkner. It is however the first novel published by the author. Faulkner was working on two manuscripts while finishing Soldiers' Pay.

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GenreClassic fiction· first published 1926

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Published in 1926, this is the first published novel by a future Nobel laureate who would become one of the most celebrated authors in the literature of the American South, the author of "The Sound and the Fury". Its protagonist is a wounded aviator, returning home to Georgia after World War I.