The Reivers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: May, 1905
- Setting: Fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, and Memphis and Parsham, Tennessee
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Values, Children, Politics, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Manners or customs, Native Americans or American Indians, Storytelling, Tennessee, Mississippi, Rivers or waterways, Small-town life, Ethics
- Locales: Memphis, TN, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Lucious Priest, an innocent eleven-year- old. When his parents and grandfather leave town to attend a funeral, he goes with Boon on a wild adventure to Memphis. Boon takes him to Miss Reba’s brothel and then to Parsham and a racetrack. He becomes terribly sad, hungry, desperate, and homesick while waiting to return home. He tells this story in 1961, as a man of sixty-one years who does not feel the confusion and pain he felt at the time. He gives an incredible and detailed account of the events that transpired. The boy learns many things during this...
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