Absalom, Absalom! (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- 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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