Sanctuary (Faulkner novel)

Sanctuary

First edition cover. An alternate cover features shades of brown instead of blue.[1]
Author	William Faulkner
Cover artist	Arthur Hawkins Jr.
Language	English
Publisher	Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
Publication date	1931
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by	As I Lay Dying
Followed by	Light in August

Sanctuary is a 1931 novel by American author William Faulkner about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. The novel was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough and established his literary reputation, but was controversial given its themes. It is said Faulkner claimed it was a "potboiler", written purely for profit, but this has been debated by scholars and Faulkner's own friends.^{[citation needed]}

The novel provided the basis for the films The Story of Temple Drake (1933) and Sanctuary (1961). It also inspired the novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish as well as the film of the same title and The Grissom Gang, which derived from No Orchids for Miss Blandish. The story of the novel can also be found in the 2007 film Cargo 200.^[2]

Faulkner later wrote Requiem for a Nun (1951) as a sequel to Sanctuary.