Dec 17, 2009

Absalom, Absalom! | Absalom, Absalom!

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Author: William Faulkner
First Published: 1936
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Psychological realism
Time of Work: 1807-1910
Setting: Mississippi
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: Segregation or integration, Family or family life, Genealogy, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Civil War, Adultery
Locales: Virginia, Haiti, Mississippi, West Virginia, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)

Characters Discussed

Thomas Sutpen, the owner of Sutpen’s Hundred in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Born of a poor white family in the mountains of Western Virginia, he grows up to become an ambitious man of implacable will. After his arrival in Mississippi, he thinks he can win his neighbors’ respect by building a huge mansion and marrying the daughter of a respectable merchant. When he is not driving his wild African slaves and a kidnapped French architect to finish construction of his magnificent house, he seeks relaxation by fighting his most powerful slaves....

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Absalom, Absalom! | Absalom, Absalom!

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