The Reivers (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: May, 1905
- Setting: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, and Memphis and Parsham, Tennessee
- Principal Characters: Lucius Priest, Boon Hogganbeck, Ned William McCaslin, Lucius Quintus Priest (Boss), Miss Sarah, Maury Priest, Miss Alison, Miss Reba Rivers, Everbe (Miss Corrie) Corinthia, Mr. Binford, Minnie, Otis, Sam Caldwell, Uncle Parsham Hood, Lycurgus Briggins, Butch Lovemaiden, McWillie, Colonel Linscomb, Mr. Van Tosch, Bobo Beauchamp, Delphine
- 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)
The Story:
In 1905, eleven-year-old Lucius Priest was on his way to Memphis with Boon Hogganbeck, a tough, faithful, but completely unpredictable and unreliable part-Chickasaw Indian who was mad about machinery, and freeloading Ned William McCaslin, the Priests’ black coachman and handyman. They were driving the Winton Flyer owned by young Lucius’ grandfather and “borrowed” for the excursion without his permission or knowledge. Lucius’ grandfather, the president of a Jefferson bank and the owner of the second automobile ever to be seen in the county, had gone to...
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