My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead is a 2008 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, Антон Павлович Чехов and William Faulkner. It takes readers to Jefferson and Mississippi in the Antebellum era. It features Emily Grierson, Homer Barron and Mr. Grierson. Key subjects include Liebesgeschichte, Tradition, Change and death.

10 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

It runs to roughly 587 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.