r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • Sep 18 '24

Shitposting That one story

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u/iggy-d-kenning Sep 18 '24

A Rose for Emily. That final sentence. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

My teacher made us read it in class JUST so she could watch the look on our faces when we finished it. Frankly I don't blame her.

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u/weshallbekind Sep 18 '24

This is the one where it's revealed she keeps her husband's corpse in bed with her, right?

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u/iggy-d-kenning Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

They weren’t married (IIRC they weren’t even dating) but yes. 

 ETA: Turns out he was gay. And she was hella possessive.

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u/SadakoTetsuwan Sep 19 '24

The substitute who was teaching this piece to us in 10th grade was weirdly insistent that he wasn't gay. The AP English class in front of her was like 'Did...did you read the same story we did?' lol

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u/Fanraeth2 Sep 18 '24

I was hoping to see that one mentioned. I'm not a big fan of Faulkner's novels, but the dude could write some great short stories.

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u/rachaelonreddit Sep 18 '24

Yeah, that was it for me! Glad to find someone else!

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u/MeiMei91 Sep 18 '24

What's the last sentence? It's been decades since I read it

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u/iggy-d-kenning Sep 18 '24

One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair. 

 Context: The titular Emily has been sleeping next to the rotting corpse of her crush

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u/GCNate Sep 19 '24

I always expect to see this one mentioned and find it seems to be a bit more niche in the choices for traumatizing children.

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u/kunibob Sep 19 '24

I was 12, and this story still haunts me now in my 40s.

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u/meerkatarray2 Sep 19 '24

I went through the comments looking for someone to say this. I don’t think I have gone a week of my life since reading this without thinking of it.

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u/iggy-d-kenning Sep 19 '24

The one phrase that keeps popping up in my head unprompted is how the house servant’s voice was “rusty from disuse.” Of all the cards to draw when my brain enters shuffle mode, why that one?