▁writing ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁a ▁brief ▁history ▁of ▁its ▁in ception . ▁In ▁it , ▁Fa ulk ner ▁explains ▁that ▁he ▁wished ▁to ▁make ▁money ▁by ▁writing ▁a ▁sens ational ▁book . ▁His ▁previous ▁books ▁were ▁not ▁quite ▁as ▁successful ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁hoped . ▁However , ▁after ▁subm itting ▁the ▁manuscript ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁his ▁publish er ▁explained ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁both ▁be ▁sent ▁to ▁prison ▁if ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁ever ▁published . ▁Fa ulk ner ▁forgot ▁about ▁the ▁manuscript . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁surprised , ▁received ▁the ▁gal ley ▁copies ▁and ▁prompt ly ▁decided ▁to ▁rewrite ▁the ▁manuscript ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁satisfied ▁with ▁it . ▁He ▁thought ▁that ▁it ▁might ▁sell ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁This ▁version ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁All ▁later ▁ed itions ▁featured ▁the ▁text ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 / 3 2 ▁ed itions ; ▁however , ▁a ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁typ ographical ▁errors ▁existed , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁corrected ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁ed itions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁a ▁new ▁edition ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Random ▁House ▁with ▁the ▁co - operation ▁of ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁the ▁entire ▁text ▁was ▁reset ▁and ▁errors ▁corrected . ▁The ▁copy right ▁year ▁is ▁listed ▁as ▁" 1 9 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 8 " ▁in ▁this ▁edition . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁Random ▁House