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Anse finally gets the doctor to come; Addie dies; Darl envisions it happening.
Section 11: PeabodyDarl and Jewel return, the family loads the coffin, and they all go to Jefferson.
Section 23: DarlThe family stays at Samson and Rachel's farm, and the body smells awful.
Section 29: SamsonThe mules drown in the river, but Jewel and Tull save the coffin and wagon.
Section 36: TullJewel gets Cash's tools from the water; Cash has broken his leg.
Section 37: DarlCora says Addie is a sinner; Addie admits to infidelity; Whitfield admits nothing.
Section 39: CoraThe family stays at Armstid's farm; Anse sells Jewel's horse and mortgages his farm equipment.
Section 43: ArmstidDewey Dell tries unsuccessfully to get an abortion drug; Anse buys cement.
Section 45: MoseleyThe family goes to Jefferson; Anse borrows shovels because he won't buy them.
Section 52: DarlThe family buries Addie, and Darl is sent to the insane asylum in Jackson.
Section 53: CashPeabody treats Cash's leg, and Dewey Dell trades sex for a fake abortion drug.
Section 54: PeabodyAnse takes Dewey Dell's money, gets teeth, and returns with the new Mrs. Bundren.
Section 58: Dewey Dell| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Sections 1–7 | The first sections of As I Lay Dying introduce the reader to all the main characters in the novel and some of the minor ... Read More |
| Sections 8–13 | The next sections of As I Lay Dying revolve around Addie's death. Darl has already narrated, but this is the first time ... Read More |
| Sections 14–20 | These sections encompass the different reactions each family member has to Addie's death, their repercussions, and her f... Read More |
| Sections 21–27 | These short sections relate different perspectives on getting Addie into the coffin and loading it onto the wagon, as we... Read More |
| Sections 28–32 | These sections relate the first leg of the Bundren family's journey to bury Addie in Jefferson. After passing by their n... Read More |
| Sections 33–38 | In these sections, a crisis erupts when the Bundren family tries to cross the flooded river. The multiple narrators offe... Read More |
| Sections 39–41 | In these sections, the reader hears from Cora, Addie, and Whitfield, each focusing on the topic of sin. Section 39 begin... Read More |
| Sections 42–46 | In these sections, the family spends a night with Armstid and then moves on to Mottson, which is a small town on the way... Read More |
| Sections 47–51 | In these sections, the Bundrens stay on the Gillespie farm, but they cause trouble when Darl sets the barn on fire. ... Read More |
| Sections 52–59 | The last sections of As I Lay Dying focus on the family's arrival in Jefferson to bury Addie. The family passes ... Read More |
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