That Evening Sun (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: About 1915
- Setting: Jefferson, a small town in Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Nancy, Jesus, Jason Compson, Sr., Quentin Compson, Candace Caddy Compson, Jason Compson, Jr.
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, Fear, Cruelty, Isolation
- Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
The Story
Nancy is a black woman who has been filling in as cook in the Compson household during the illness of their live-in servant Dilsey. She has an unreliable husband, and she has taken to prostitution to supplement her income. She has been knocked down and kicked in the face by a white client from whom she demanded payment, after which she, not he, has been jailed. While in jail she has made an attempt on her own life.
At the time of the story she is visibly pregnant, and Jesus, her husband, has gone off, first vowing vengeance against the father. Afraid that he...
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