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A Literary Landmark
If you wander down Pirates Alley, you'll find a townhouse built in 1837 that holds a special place in American literature. This was the home of William Faulkner in the 1920s. It w…
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If you wander down Pirates Alley, you'll find a townhouse built in 1837 that holds a special place in American literature. This was the home of William Faulkner in the 1920s. It was right here, in the ground-floor room that now houses a bookstore, that Faulkner completed his very first novel, Soldiers' Pay.
The site is a national literary landmark, tying the author's early days and his work for the journal Double Dealer to the cobblestones of the French Quarter. Today, Faulkner House Books specializes in rare editions, allowing you to browse fine literature in the very spot where one of the twentieth century's greatest writers first found his voice.
Updated June 2026