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女主人公丽娜格罗夫，一个即将临盆的姑娘千里寻夫抵达杰佛生镇（福克纳以家乡密西西比州拉菲叶县为原型虚构的小镇），老父病故，丽娜唯一的亲人哥嫂一家也因其尴尬处境将她拒之门外；而丽娜费尽周折所要寻找的卢卡斯伯奇不过是个无足轻重的骗子，他正极力躲避姑娘的追寻。小说的另一线索是作为白人居住在杰佛生镇的乔克里斯默斯因奸杀了白人老处女乔安娜伯顿，他身上所具有的黑人血统已逐渐败露，终至惨遭屠戮。毫无疑问，丽娜千里寻夫的经历既与奥德赛海上漂泊的故事不无关联，也象征了现实人生的重重苦难，作者借此对美国南方所面临的种族、阶层、
HE SEES the faces which surround him mirror astonishment， puzzlement， then outrage， then fear， as if they looked beyond his wild antics and saw behind him and looking down upon him， in his turn unaware， the Final and supreme Face Itself， cold， terrible because of lts omniscient detachment. He knows that they see more than that: that they see the trust of which he proved himself unworthy， being used now for his chastisement， it seems to him now that he talks to the Face: "Perhaps I accepted more than I could perform. But is that criminal? Shall be punished for that? Shall I be held responsible for that which was beyond my power?" And the Face: "It was not to accomplish that that you accepted her. You took her as a means toward your own selfishness. As an instrument to be called to jefferson; not for my ends， but for your own."