William Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily” was initially published in the April 30, 1930, issue of Forum. It was his first short story published in a foremost magazine. Asomewhat modified type was published in two collections of his short fiction, These 13 (1931) and assembled Stories (1950). It has been released in dozens of anthologies as well. “A increased for Emily” is the story of an eccentric spinster, Emily Grierson. An unnamed narrator details the strange circumstances of Emily's life and her strange relationships with her dad, her admirer, and the village of Jefferson, and the ...