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A French Quarter Walk Leads a Young Family to William Faulkner's Old Door

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Vibrant day in New Orleans' French Quarter with people walking and historic architecture lining the street.
Photo by KEN COOPER on Pexels

In New Orleans, courtship and real estate turned out to share a route. A second date became a stroll past the townhouse William Faulkner once called home, and in time that walk became an address of their own. A young family has since settled into the storied building, with a bookshop figuring into the same corner of the story. What began as an evening out has become, as the account has it, a fuller life built around a house whose name was already well known.

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With reporting from Veranda.

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