90 pages 3 hours read

William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

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Chapters 21-40Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 21 Summary: Darl

Darl and Jewel arrive home. Darl tells Jewel that it is not his horse that is dead, implying that Addie has died instead.

Chapter 22 Summary: Cash

Cash complains that his coffin will not balance. One of his brothers, likely Jewel, commands him to lift it anyway.

Chapter 23 Summary: Darl

Darl is carrying the coffin with Cash and Jewel. Jewel’s fury and vigor leads him to carry the coffin singlehandedly, and to put it in the wagon bed.