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Emily's father dies at the dinner table
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Emily meets Homer Baronand begins dating him.
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Emily buys arsenic to poison Homer with.
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People figured he headed home without word, but he was really dead in Ms. Emilys house.
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Homer Baron hasnt been seen, And men had to sprinkle lime around Ms. Emily's house to stop a horrible smell is coming from within. Hmmmm...
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Homer stopped rotting
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Other than teaching china painting, people really have no idea what Ms. Emily is up to nowadays.
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Because of her poor living conditions, her taxes are remitted.
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Emily lives on alone and when the next generation begins to run the city she lives in, they try to get her to pay taxes. She refuses.
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She finally dies, Homer Barons carcass is still in her bed, and people eventually discover it.
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Emily's cousins wish to explore a room that hasn't been seen in years. Homer Baron's corpse is found laying in the bed next to where Emily sleeps.
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William Faulkner published this controversial story in 1930.
