The Mansion (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1908-1948
- Setting: Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Mink Snopes, Linda Snopes Kohl, Flem Snopes, Gavin Stevens, V. K. Ratliff
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Justice, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Betrayal, War, Mississippi, Duty, Revenge, Greed, Small-town life, Civil wars, Houses, mansions, or manors, Pornography, Deafness or hearing-impaired persons
- Locales: Mississippi
The Story:
Mink Snopes, convicted of Jack Houston’s murder, received a life sentence. Mink killed Houston over a one-dollar pound fee. He learned parole was possible if he behaved and did not attempt escape. Mink accepted that, planning to return in twenty years to murder Flem, who, being close kin and powerful, Mink thought should have helped him.
After seventeen years, through Flem’s manipulations, Montgomery Ward Snopes was imprisoned at Parchman prison for possession of bootleg whiskey. Flem told Montgomery to set Mink up to escape and be caught. Montgomery told...
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