The Golden Apples (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: 1900-1940
- Setting: The fictional town of Morgana, Mississippi
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Mythology or myths, South or Southerners, Music or musicians, Middle classes, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Mental illness, Illegitimacy, Pianos or pianists, Loneliness, Happiness
- Locales: Mississippi
Characters Discussed
King MacLain, the wandering patriarch of Morgana, Mississippi. He periodically reappears in Morgana for sexual encounters with the town’s women. “Shower of Gold” is the story of his courtship of and marriage to Snowdie Hudson and the birth of their twin sons. “Sir Rabbit” tells of his sexual encounter with another Morgana woman. In “The Wanderers,” an aged King returns to Morgana to be cared for by his wife, but he still displays hints of his earlier rebelliousness.
Mrs. Snowdie Hudson MacLain, the albino wife of King MacLain. Deserted...
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