Main Title: As I Lay Dying
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Author: Faulkner, William
First Published: 1930
Publisher Used for Citing: Vintage
Type: Fiction
Period: 20th Century

He looked like he was laying there in the water on his face, rocking up and down a little, looking at something on the bottom.


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Author-FaulknerWilliam Title-AsILayDying Year-1930 Period-20thCentury Type-Fiction Publisher-Vintage

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