Oct 7, 2008

The Robber Bridegroom | The Robber Bridegroom

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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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The Robber Bridegroom | The Robber Bridegroom

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