Knight’s Gambit The Restored Edition
Knight’s Gambit The Restored Edition by William Faulkner, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 12, 2024, is a collection of six detective stories featuring attorney Gavin Stevens. This edition presents the stories as Faulkner originally intended, restoring elements that were altered in previous publications. Set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, the narratives delve into violent crimes and the complexities of criminal investigations, showcasing Faulkner’s distinctive style.
Readers will find that this restored edition not only highlights the original text but also provides insight into the editorial changes that affected the stories’ presentation over the years. The collection, which includes works written in the 1930s and 1940s, emphasizes themes of mystery and detective work while retaining the regional characteristics that are hallmarks of Faulkner’s writing. With a total of 240 pages, this edition invites readers to engage with Faulkner’s literary craftsmanship in a way that honors his vision.
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Faulkner’s six dectective stories feature attorney Gavin Stevens, a recurring character from Faulkner’s novels, as he investigates violent crimes. This newly restored edition presents the stories the way Faulkner intended them.
Originally published in 1949, Knight’s Gambit is a collection of six stories written in the 1930s and 1940s that focus on the criminal investigations of Gavin Stevens, the county attorney of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, where so many of his famous novels are set.
These stories originally appeared in magazines, where editors made substantial changes to Faulkner’s manuscripts before publishing them. Some of these changes seem to have been intended to make the stories conform to prevailing styles, some were made for concision or propriety, and some to remove the regional “Southernness” of Faulkner’s tales. Scholar John N. Duvall uncovered edited typescripts that revealed the deletions and changes and allowed him to restore these six stories to their original Faulknerian glory.
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