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Father's death
Emily's father dies at the dinner table -
Emily meets Homer Baron
Emily meets Homer Baronand begins dating him. -
Emily buys poison
Emily buys arsenic to poison Homer with. -
Homer Baron not seen.
People figured he headed home without word, but he was really dead in Ms. Emilys house. -
Strange Smell
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... -
Smell subsides
Homer stopped rotting -
Emily begins china painting lessons.
Other than teaching china painting, people really have no idea what Ms. Emily is up to nowadays. -
Emily's taxes remitted
Because of her poor living conditions, her taxes are remitted. -
New generations tries to collect her taxes.
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. -
Emily dies
She finally dies, Homer Barons carcass is still in her bed, and people eventually discover it. -
Homer Baron discovered
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. -
The book "A Rose For Emily" published
William Faulkner published this controversial story in 1930.