The Robber Bridegroom (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Pioneer days
- Setting: Along the Natchez Trace in Mississippi
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Folklore, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Nature, Rape, Mississippi, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: Mississippi, Natchez Trace, MS
Characters Discussed
Clement Musgrove, an innocent backwoods planter. After his son and wife are killed by Indians, Clement escapes with Salome and his daughter. He marries Salome to look after his child and becomes a planter on the Mississippi River. Although he is rich, he is not greedy; in fact, he does not even know how much he is worth. After Rosamond is kidnapped, he and Jamie Lockhart search for her in the forest, but in vain. When he hears Goat shouting “Jamie Lockhart is the bandit,” Clement becomes so disillusioned that he wanders aimlessly in the forest, where he...
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