The Robber Bridegroom | The Robber Bridegroom

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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

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...

The Robber Bridegroom | The Robber Bridegroom

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