The original text of the novel

Night Journey was a novel by Faulkner, first published in 1937. The novel was about an orphan named John Hartley who lived in an underground city called the Dark Forest and had complicated relationships with other people in the city. The novel narrates John Hartley's life from multiple perspectives, including his family, friends, colleagues, enemies, and himself. The novel used a unique narrative technique and profound philosophical thinking to describe a world full of imagination and mystery. It was considered one of the representative works of modern literature.