The Robber Bridegroom (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Plot: Satiric folk/fairy tale
- Time of Work: Pioneer days
- Setting: Along the Natchez Trace in Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Jamie Lockhart, Clement Musgrove, Rosamond Musgrove, Salome, Mike Fink, Goat, Big Harp, Little Harp, The Indians
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Folklore, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Nature, Rape, Mississippi, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: Mississippi, Natchez Trace, MS
The Novel
This deceptively simple novel is both a bit of American folklore which depicts the rough-and-tumble life of the frontier and a satiric fairy tale which draws from and parodies the tales of the Brothers Grimm. As is typical of fairy tales, the story is highly plotted. It begins when Clement Musgrove, an innocent planter, meets Jamie Lockhart, a bandit, and Mike Fink, the famous folklore figure, at an inn. When Jamie saves Clement from being murdered and robbed by Fink, Clement tells Jamie of his past, when his first wife and his two sons were captured, tortured, and...
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