A Death in the Family | Summary
Knoxville: Summer, 1915
The segment titled “Knoxville: Summer, 1915” was originally published independently of A Death in the Family. In it, the speaker identifies himself as a grownup looking back on his childhood. He does not mention the characters who appear in the book: still, the quiet neighborhood evenings that Agee remembers in this section resemble ones experienced by young Rufus in the story that follows it.
Chapter 1
The first chapter focuses on the perspective of Rufus Follett, a six-year-old boy in Knoxville,...
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