A Fable (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: 1918
- Genres: Long fiction, Allegory
- Subjects: France or French people, 1910’s, Christianity, Death or dying, World War I, Military life or service, Soldiers, Jesus Christ, Pacifism, Mutiny
- Locales: France
Places Discussed
*Chaulnesmont (SHON-mon). French town that is a site of Allied headquarters during World War I. Scenes in the novel are set in the town square of Chaulnesmont and in the surrounding countryside, including a country estate serving as the headquarters of General Gragnon. In Chaulnesmont the corporal and his men are executed after their court martial. There are also scenes set in the front-line trenches described as being “below the Bethune slagheap.” These locales as well as others in A Fable have a somewhat detached and surreal quality, as if they...
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